Minister Komitova: The Bus Crash on the Struma highway was not with High Speed

The Minister of Regional Development and Public Works architect Violeta Komitova presented the results of her inspection of the road section Dragichevo - Dolna Dikanya, where the bus accident from the Republic of North Macedonia took place.

The inspection of the section between Dragichevo and Gorna Dikanya was assigned, after problems were found in the road infrastructure, which could have contributed to the fatal accident in which 45 people died.

The briefing was also attended by Deputy Ministers Valentin Gramatikov and Ivan Shishkov, the head of the National Security Council, arch. Vladi Kalinov and Prof. Bozhidar Yanev, who teaches at Columbia University and has been working in the field of bridge maintenance in New York for 30 years, explained arch. Komitova.

The history of this road begins in 2002, with an approved technical design and building permit. In 2006 there is an additional permit for construction of road junctions. ACT 15 was issued in 2007 and has a speed limit of 90 km / h.

For some reason, in 2013 the speed was increased to 120 km / h.

To date, the road does not have ACT 16, because expropriation procedures have not been completed, explained Minister Komitova. In 2012, the Council of Ministers declared the section Daskolovo - Dolna Dikanya a national site and RIA signed a new contract for "Patinvest Engineering". These plans are one of the slow processes in the construction of road infrastructure, the minister explained.

We cannot claim that the speed being raised to 120 km / h is the main cause of the accident, Komitova said.

As the roughness of the road surface is good, in pretty good condition. Regarding the marking - it is assigned through an in-house procedure to two...