Road connectivity in rural areas and municipalities as local self-government units is not only a technical challenge, but also an economic and social factor that influences overall development. On the other hand, local self-governments have limited resources, and therefore often cannot finance large infrastructure projects, such as new roads or their maintenance.

For this reason, the Public Enterprise for State Roads, in its Annual Programme for the Construction, Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Maintenance, and Protection of State Roads for 2025, has allocated funds which, through the agreement with the Public Enterprise for the Maintenance and Protection of Main and Regional Roads, are invested in road infrastructure in local and rural areas.

One such rural area is the village of Buchin, located in the municipality of Krushevo, which serves as a crossroads between the cities of Krushevo, Demir Hisar, Bitola, and Prilep, as it is traversed by an asphalt road connecting them. This is road section R2339, which also connects Novo Lagovo–Obrshani–Buchin–Graishte.

Construction activities are currently underway on this route to rehabilitate the carriageway with a new asphalt layer, preceded by repair of larger depressions and potholes along the section from Buchin to the village of Sveta, in length of 5,200 meters and width of 5.6 meters. The projected cost for the rehabilitation is 30 million denars, and the workс are executed by the Public Enterprise for Maintenance and Protection of Main and Regional Roads.

Road connectivity helps prevent the isolation of rural communities, and well-connected rural areas are more attractive to investors, which can lead to improved conditions for local development, such as new jobs and economic opportunities.

The Public Enterprise for State Roads has had full repair works executed on Road P1306, Prilep–Krushevo section (near Slavej), along a length of 920 meters. The project involved a complete repair of the roadbase, including the installation of stone piles (F800), placement of geotextile and geocomposite materials, construction of a crushed stone embankment, preparation of a base layer, and laying of asphalt layers BNS 22 sA and AB 16, as well as the construction of transitional slabs on the structures.

An on-site inspection of the completed works was conducted by the Director of the Public Enterprise for State Roads, Koce Trajanovski, together with the Deputy Director of the Public Enterprise for the Maintenance and Protection of Main and Regional Roads, Aleksandar Shukovski, Member of Parliament Gjorgija Sajkoski, and councilors from the municipalities of Krushevo and Krivogashtani.

Trajanovski also spoke with local residents who use this road on a daily basis, and together they concluded that although it was a relatively small-scale intervention, it resulted in a major improvement—because the safety of road users is always the top priority.

The value of the project, executed by Stenton Gradba–Bitola under the supervision of GEING, amounted to 1.4 million euros.