CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD






Insufficient infrastructural development and the slow pace of its construction and renovation have rendered the region an unattractive and costly place of doing business. In a time of tight budgetary constraints, government policy on the central level has increasingly prioritized large-scale infrastructure leading to sure-fire gains in economic growth. This focus, however, cements regional disparities in economic development instead of mitigating them, and natural migratory responses leading to human capital outflows will only exacerbate the situation with time. Another problem is the lack of border crossings that can ensure the efficiency of flows of goods, services, and people across the border.

At present, the opening of the Zlatograd crossing is imminent. An international road connects the crossing with the rest of Greece and will take on some of commercial and private traffic from Smolyan, Kardzhali" and back. There are a number of issues, however, preventing the region from capitalizing on the potential of this new developmental resource: outdated secondary road infrastructure; lack of roads which can take on traffic through the city and towards the border (and vice versa); lack of a traffic management strategy (incl. to prevent smuggling and illegal immigration); lack of joint management structures to supervise its implementation. The following challenges will be addressed by the project: prepare the infrastructure for enhanced traffic and ensure its speed and reliability; improve accessibility and mobility through the construction of modern infrastructure following international standards for reliable high speed transportation; integrate new infrastructure in the overall transport network in the cross-border region, including the main Pan-Europeans Transport Corridors passing through; limit the isolation of the target region through improving accessibility of remote locales to key roads flows.
The project will organically complement initiatives undertaken at the National level of both Member States. Well-developed infrastructure will serve to activate flows of goods, services and people, promote entrepreneurship, strengthen economic integration and cooperation in the border area, and is a key precondition for sustainable growth.

Work Package activities including :

  • 1 intersection constructed, marked and equipped with road signaling 
  • 1 new steel and concrete bridge over Golyama Reka river                          
  • Sidewalks on both sides of the bridge                                      
  • Safety rails and lighting installed on bridge                                         
  • Malka reka river bed covered by  parking space with 72 spaces                  
  • Frame around the parking lot with built in lightening                           
  • New bridge over Malka reka river                                            
  • 6 infrastructure communication channels built - PVC tubes                          
  • Safety fencing and public sanitation facilities                                               
  • Bus stop - metal construction                                                          
  • New asphalt road in Zlatograd - Thermes axis -3416 sq.km.                      
  • Green areas (lawn) - 699 sq.m.                                                                
  • Grassed traffic islands –  3                                                               
  • Sidewalks on both sides of new road  -… km.                                             
  • Works supervision - report                                                               
  • Designer supervision - report                                                           
  • Relevant permissions according to BG legislation

The selection of a subcontractor for the main activities of the project – construction of infrastructure, supervision of works will be conducted in an open and fair competitive environment in accordance with applicable regulations. The tender documents will be developed by the Management Team.

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