14.01.2022

CITIZENS CAN OFFER ROADS FOR REPAIRS UNDER A NEW PROGRAM FOR 2022

Citizens can make suggestions on which roads to be included in the new program for repair of the national road network for 2022.

The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Grozdan Karadzhov announced the beginning of a four-year program aimed at qualitative improvement of the difficult condition of the road network in the country. Over 3,100 km of the road network will be repaired this year, and the necessary funding of BGN 2.8 billion will come from the budget and revenues from tolls. Minister Karadjov sets himself the ambitious task of repairing about 60% of the national road network in 4 years, which covers 80% of all traffic in the country.

At a working meeting with Minister Karadjov from the Road Infrastructure Agency, they presented the sections of the national road network, which are designated for urgent repairs in 2022.

In the next two weeks, citizens will be able to make suggestions for including other roads on the list that they travel on and consider to be in serious condition.

The maps with the determined routes by districts are published on the pages of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and of the Road Infrastructure Agency.

Citizens can send suggestions and signals, including photos and videos, to the email address: signali@api.bg. The proposals will be considered and the final lists of roads for repair will be published on the websites of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works and RIA.

Major repairs of important sections in all districts of the country are envisaged. Among them are the renovation of part of the Varbishki Pass, a major overhaul of the road to Lake Varna, which will be used in the construction of the Black Sea Motorway.

RIA is planning repair works on sections of the Shipka pass, the roads to Tryavna, Lovech and the Uzana area near Gabrovo. The repair of the bridge in Sevlievo is also planned, as well as the construction of a new bridge over the river Vit near the village of Glozhene, which will duplicate the existing historical bridge, which is in poor condition. Major repairs are planned this year on the Zlatitsa Pass in the part from Etropole to Zlatitsa, for which the Minister also receives signals from citizens about the serious condition.

Repairs will be made on a section of the road Montana - Boychinovtsi, as well as this Rudartsi - Kladnitsa. The program also envisages repair works on the section of the Trakia Motorway between the Trayanovi Vrata tunnel and the 66th km.

By the end of the year is the realistic deadline for the start of major repairs of roads in the Bulgarian part of the Danube Bridge, according to estimates by the road agency.

Also this year it is planned to announce a public tender for the development of a project for the construction of a snow protection facility - a tunnel type on the Troyan - Karnare pass.

In Vidin district 89 km of roads are planned for major repairs, in Dobrich - 117 km, in Veliko Tarnovo - 150 km, of which 71 km for major repairs, including sections of the third class road network.