Bansko municipality was to utilise 280 000 euro from EU funds by the end of December 2007, Bansko mayor Alexander Kravarov said.

The money would be used for improvement of the infrastructure in the old quarter of Bansko and restoration of the church Sveta Troitsa (St Trinity), Kravarov told Focus news agency.

The church restoration project was under way, but delayed because of municipal elections held late October and early November 2007. Almost nothing was done until now, Kravarov said.

Work on road repair was to begin, according to Kravarov.

Kravarov said that among the first measures to be taken before the winter was to provide fuel to schools and kindergartens in the municipality and to prepare companies to clear the fourth-class roads, connecting the villages.