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Stopped road projects to be re-opened on February 19

Thu, Feb 12 2009 12:20 CET byNick Iliev 710 Views
Road projects that were halted from further construction under directive 2.1 of Support for Rehabilitation and Reconstruction are to be reopened. Directive 2.1 deals with second- and third-class roads that are in dire need of refurbishment and renovation, and, in the presence of representatives from the European Commission, on February 19, the frozen work will be thawed.

"These are already negotiated contracts that are for the renovation of several second- and third-class roads across Bulgaria," Deputy Minister of Regional Development Iskra Mihailova said, as reported by Stroitestvo Gradut in its February 9 2009 issue.

Mihailova participated in the presentation organised by the Operative Programme for Regional Development and said that on January 30, the agency for Road Infrastructure had introduced a new proposal whereby 15 projects for starters, classified as Class II and Class III roads, would be designated for improvement.

With a letter dated from September 30 2008, the National Road Infrastructure Agency had withdrawn the contracts for 21 projects of second- and third-rate roads that were supposed to be upgraded under the Regional Development Operative Programme. However, Regional Development Minister Assen Gagaouzov said that, at the moment, there were in effect "a lot better projects with much better financing conditions presented by the local municipalities".

As an example, Gagaouzov said that "the municipal road infrastructure has received project funds totalling 240 million leva, whereas our initial budget before that was 120 million leva".

Thus, in total,144 projects under the Regional Development Operative Programme have been signed and given the go-ahead. Those contracts were accepted by different municipalities, non-governmental organisations, the Ministry of Interior and the National Agency for Tourism. Altogether, 13 orders were issued "for irreversible donations which are prioritised for technical assistance totalling 13.402 million leva. For the 144 projects, the total donation from the Regional Development Operative Programme amounts to 449 939 319 leva", Stroitelstvo Gradut said.

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