Bubanj Potok

Bubanj Potok (Serbian Cyrillic: Бубањ Поток) is a non-residential suburban settlement of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac.

Location

Bubanj Potok is located on the highway Belgrade–Niš, in the valley of the same name, a section of the valley of the Bolečica river., where many smaller creeks flow into the Bolečica: Bubanj Potok, Zavojnička reka, Vranovac, etc.

Characteristics

Bubanj Potok is named after the creek of the same name and means "drum creek" in Serbian. It is a non-residential settlement which spawns around the crossroads of the highway and the Kružni put, the major road connecting the settlements on the southern outskirts of Belgrade. Major facilities in the settlement include:

Toll Booths Bubanj Potok

Built in the 1970s, the toll booths Bubanj Potok, for decades marked the entrance into the Belgrade from the Niš direction. On 13 April 2017 toll booth became defunct as the new one, Vrčin, further down toward Niš was open for traffic.[1] The toll booths were completely demolished in August 2017.[2]

IKEA

Major changes, including the displacement of the toll houses which were synonymous for Bubanj Potok for decades, started in April 2016 when the construction of an IKEA store began. Over 2,300 piles were drilled deep into the ground, over 300.000 m3 (10,594.4 cu ft) of material was poured to fill the construction site, old roads have been displaced and the new access roads have been constructed, power lines were elevated to a higher level and 2.2 km (1.4 mi) of the Zavojnička reka (upper section of the Bolečica river) have been regulated. The building, which should cover an area of 36,000 m2 (390,000 sq ft), will use the green technologies: geothermal springs, solar panels, LED lights, electric cars' chargers and the work of art systems for the disposal of garbage and waste water purification. A special bus will connect the city with the store and the talks are in progress between IKEA and the Belgrade's city transportation company, GSP Belgrade, for the new public bus line (currently, bus line 306 which goes to Leštane, only intermittently drives to Bubanj Potok). It will be the first IKEA store in Serbia and one of the largest in the region. As the store and the adjoining parking, with the 1,375 parking spots, will cover a lot of 12 ha (30 acres), while IKEA bought a neighboring lot of 19 ha (47 acres), too, future expansion is probable.[3]

The store was opened on 10 August 2017. It was announced that it will sell 9,500 products, of which only 2 will be actually made in Serbia: wooden cutting boards and rolling pins and the prices will correspond to those "in the region", though the average salaries in Serbia are lower. Ceremonial opening was attended by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić, government ministers and the mayor of Belgrade Siniša Mali. A new public transportation bus line No. 70 was formed just for the store, as it is located outside of the urban area of Belgrade.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Dejan Aleksić (12 April 2017). "Od sutra naplata putarine na rampi Beograd kod Vrčina". Politikallanguage=Serbian.
  2. ↑ Dejan Aleksić (7 July 2017), "Završni radovi na "Ikeinom" placu", Politika (in Serbian), p. 16
  3. ↑ Dejan Aleksić (19 March 2017). "Majstori dve nedelje ispred roka" (in Serbian). Politika.
  4. ↑ Dejan Aleksić (9 August 2017), "Kvalitet robe kao u Švedskoj, cene kao u region", Politika (in Serbian), p. 09
  5. ↑ Beta (10 August 2017). "Otvorena prva Ikea u Srbiji" (in Serbian). N1.

Coordinates: 44°43′13″N 20°32′29″E / 44.72028°N 20.54139°E / 44.72028; 20.54139


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