Zvaničnici u BiH su se brinuli da će most -- koji je prvobitno planiran u visini od samo 35 metara -- blokirati izlaz njihove zemlje na Jadran, čime bi se ometao pristup luci Neum i onemogućilo obavljanje pomorskog saobraćaja.
Officials in BiH had worried that the bridge -- originally planned to be only 35 metres high -- would block their country's exit to the Adriatic, impeding access to the port of Neum and making maritime traffic impossible.