"Road Infrastructure" Agency put up to auction for executing the additional design and construction of road E85 Kardzhali - Podkova and road link "Fotinovo". The implementation of the project is under the Operational Programme "Transport", with a deadline for its implementation - mid 2013.
Within this period repairing and reconstruction of a section of 8 km should be done and new building of 24 km which includes the road link "Fotinovo" should be finished.
The road link/junction "Fotinovo" as a continuation of road III-867 Srednogortsi - Madan - Zlatograd - Benkovski - Podkova - (Momchilgrad - Makaza) is 2 368 km long and starts at the point of km 366 + 427 along the road E85 Kardjali - Podkova and continues in the direction of the road III – 867 the village of Hadzhiisko - Fotinovo - Benkovski, after the village of Benkovski route crosses the territory of Smolyan Region, in the direction of Zlatograd.
The accomplishment of the new road link "Fotinovo", will provide better and easier getting and accessibility to the districts of Smolyan and Kardjali in the direction of Zlatograd, and will create new conditions for various forms of economic activity and business of the people living in these regions.