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MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, TRACECA ––ImportantImportant Transport INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS REPUBLIC OF Corridor for Bulgaria

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA –– PRIORITY LINKS AND PROJECTS

Dimitar Savov National TRACECA Secretary and Director of the National Transport Policy Directorate

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Strategic Framework TENTEN--TT Development

 Strategy for the Development of the Transport  TEN-T – an important element of the Bulgarian System of the Republic of Bulgaria until 2020 transport policy  Operational Programme on Transport 2007-2013  TEN-T Green Paper  General Transport Master Plan for Bulgaria  Revision of the TEN-T Guidelines   Improvement the Transport Connectivity and the Priority development of common interest projects Market Access: Priority 8 from the National with European added value Programme for Development of the Republic of  TEN-T planning in 2 layers: Bulgaria: Bulgaria 2020  Core network – includes the most important  Strategy for Development of the Transport international links in EU Infrastructure of the Republic of Bulgaria through  Comprehensive network – feeds into and distributes the Concession Schemes traffic from the core network

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TENTEN--TT Objectives

 Ensuring the sustainable mobility of persons and goods within an area without internal frontiers in respect to the social and safety conditions, environmental protection and competition  Strengthening the economic and social cohesion  Optimal usage of the existing capacity and COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK interoperability between different transport modes  Ensuring high-quality infrastructure on acceptable economic terms  Improvement and facilitation of the access  Effective connection between TEN-T and the neighbouring countries and regions

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Road Infrastructure Railway Infrastructure

5 new proposals:  All main Bulgarian  Construction of new railway sections are sections along Hemus included in the Motorway comprehensive network  Expressway  Intermodal terminals –  Ruse – , , Varna, Expressway I-2 , Ruse, ,  Varna – Durankulak Lom, Dragoman, Expressway and Gorna  Plovdiv – Oryahovitsa road

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Ports Airports

In the comprehensive network are included:

 The sea ports of Varna In the comprehensive and Burgas network are included 5 major Bulgarian airports  The inland waterway of Sofia, Burgas, Varna, ports of Vidin, Lom, Plovdiv and Gorna , , Oryahovitsa Ruse, as well as the additionally included port of

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Road Network

Sofia – – Ruse – Bucharest section

CORE NETWORK

Comprehensive network New proposals

Core network Airports

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Railway Network Core Network Corridors & CEF

Sofia – – Ruse – Bucharest section  Core network corridors for the realisation of the core network  Coordinated planning of the investments  Interoperability  Synchronised activities between different countries situated along the same corridor  More efficient usage of the infrastructure  Attraction of investment and optimisation of the terms  Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)  Designed for the core network  In correspondence with the new TEN-T policy for sustainable development and environmental protection Comprehensive network New proposals Comprehensive network Port Core network Intermodal terminal Core network Port  Indicative projects list foreseen for implementation until 2020

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Operational Programme on Transport Railway Infrastructure Development Priority Axes 2007 ––20132013 (1)

 Indicative Projects in a final implementation stage № Priority Axes  Budget (€) Reconstruction and Electrification of the Svilengrad – Turkish/Greek Borders Railway Development of railway infrastructure along Line 1 the major national and Pan-European 640 000 000  Construction of New Combined Bridge over the River at Vidin (Bulgaria) – transport axes () and adjoining infrastructure Development of road infrastructure along  Projects under implementation 2 the major national and Pan-European 929 587 365  Reconstruction and Electrification of the Plovdiv transport axes – Svilengrad Railway Line (Parvomai – Improvement of intermodality for Svilengrad section) 3 321 093 801 passengers and freights  Modernisation of the Sofia – Plovdiv Railway Line ( – Plovdiv section) Improvement of the maritime and inland- 4 46 850 000  Rehabilitation of the Railway Infrastructure waterway navigation along Plovdiv – Burgas Railway Line

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Railway Infrastructure Development Road Infrastructure Development 2007 ––20132013 (2) 2007 ––20132013

 Other projects for the period  Projects under implementation   Construction of the last part of the , Design of the Vidin – Sofia Railway Line (Vidin – Ruska Byala Lot 4: – (Zimnitsa – Karnobat section), Sofia – Dragoman Railway Line and key Railway section) Junctions (Sofia, Plovdiv and Burgas)  Construction of the Motorway, Lot 1: Orizovo –  Rehabilitation of the Sofia Central Railway Station Dimitrovgrad and Lot 2: Dimitrovgrad –  Construction of an Intermodal Terminal in Plovdiv  Construction of the Motorway, Lot 1: Dolna Dykania – , Lot 2: Dupnitsa – and  Preparation for the Construction of an Intermodal Terminal in Lot 4: – Ruse  Connection of the with the Sofia Ring  Extension of the NRIC Geographic Information System Road  Western Arc of the  – Podkova Road  Other projects for the period  Kalotina – Sofia Motorway, Lot 1  Modernisation of road section (E 79) () –

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Improvement of the Navigation Extension of the Sofia Metropolitan Conditions

 Projects under implementation  One of the most successful projects  Establishment of River Information Services System in the Bulgarian part of the Danube under OP Transport 2007 – 2013 River – BULRIS  Completed stages  Vessel Traffic Management Information System – VTMIS, Phase 3  Stage I – II metro-diameter: Road node  Improvement of the Systems for Navigation and Nadezda – Cherni vrah Blvd. Section Topo-Hydrographic Measurements on the Danube River  Stage ІІ – Lot 1: Obelya – Nadezhda and  Design and Implementation of a Geographic Lot 2: Mladost 1 – Tsarigradsko shose Information System for the Port Infrastructure Management  Stages under implementation  Other projects for the period  Lot 1: Tsarigradsko shose –  Preparation of the Improvement of the Danube  Lot 2: Mladost 1 – Business Park in Navigation in the Bulgarian – Romanian Mladost 4 common section Project

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Transport Infrastructure Transport Infrastructure Development till 2020 (1) Development till 2020 (2)

 Construction of the entire “east-west” railway and road direction through South Bulgaria (Serbian border – Sofia – Plovdiv – Burgas/Svilengrad – Turkish/Greek borders)  Modernisation of the Vidin – Ruska Byala, Sofia – – and Ruse – Varna Railway lines  Construction of the Sofia, Plovdiv and Burgas Railway Junctions and Sofia, Plovdiv and Ruse Intermodal Terminals  Construction of the Third Metro Line in Sofia  Construction of , Hemus Motorway Rail Projects and Cherno more Motorway Road Projects IWW Projects  Improvement of the Navigation on the Danube River Intermodal Terminals

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Current Concessions Future Concessions

 Port terminal Lesport  Port terminal Vidin-North and  Concession procedures in Ferry Complex Vidin preparation stage:  Port terminal   Port terminal Vidin-South Sofia Airport and Balchik  Port terminal Rosenets Airport  Port terminal Lom  Port terminal Burgas-East 2   Port terminal Burgas-West  Port terminal Svishtov  Port terminal Ruse-East  Burgas and Varna Airports  Port terminal Vidin-Centre  Port terminal Somovit  Plovdiv Central Railway Station  Varna Central Railway  Port terminal Oryahovo Station

 Potential concessions:  Varna Port  Sofia Central Railway Station and Poduyane Railway Station

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Dimitar Savov National TRACECA Secretary and Director of the National Transport Policy Directorate tel. +359 2 9409 425, fax +359 2 9409 827 e-mail: [email protected] www.mtitc.government.bg

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