Highway section near Yablanitsa opens after seven years reconstruction
After seven years of reconstruction, the highway section near the northern Bulgarian town of Yablonitsa was opened on December 13 2008.
The opening ceremony was performed by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Ivan Atanasov, head of the National Road Infrastruture Fund (NRIF), Bulgarian daily Dnevnik said.
The highway section connects the roads from Sofia, via Pleven to Rousse and Sofia via Veliko Turnovo to Varna.
Contracts for the section had been signed in 2001, valued at 6 million euro, under the Capital Construction programme of the NRIF. Construction has been repeatedly halted over a lack of funds, Dnevnik said.
The opening ceremony was performed by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Ivan Atanasov, head of the National Road Infrastruture Fund (NRIF), Bulgarian daily Dnevnik said.
The highway section connects the roads from Sofia, via Pleven to Rousse and Sofia via Veliko Turnovo to Varna.
Contracts for the section had been signed in 2001, valued at 6 million euro, under the Capital Construction programme of the NRIF. Construction has been repeatedly halted over a lack of funds, Dnevnik said.