On 14th March 2011, the Mayor of Zlatograd officially signed the agreement for accomplishing a project "Building of a communication road – Zlatograd - Border Checkpoint 'Zlatograd' - Zlatograd - Thermes - Xanthi". It is funded under the Programme for European Territorial Co-operation Greece-Bulgaria 2007-2013 (ETC), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the National budgets of the countries participating in it. The leading organization is the Municipality of Zlatograd and a partner is The Periphery East Macedonia and Thrace. The project is infrastructural. The Planned activities are part of the concept concerning the town center and are supported by a decision D464 of the Municipal Council of Zlatograd. The total value amounted to 1 887 403.91 euros, and the period for its implementation is 2 years.
The full text of the agreement is written in a section "Current implementation" at www.zlatex.eu