Struma motorway

Bulgaria?s Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova has presented details about planned motorway construction in 2015.

Bulgaria receives EUR 1.6 billion from the European Union (EU) for the improvement of transport connections.

Bulgaria's Transport Ministry will invest BGN 12 M in Port Burgas in 2015, according to Minister Ivaylo Moskovski.

Moskovski, as cited by Trud daily, made clear that the funding would be used to build a second module of the Burgas Marine Station and to rehabilitate the jetty.

The deadline for the completion of construction works at Lot 2 of the Struma motorway is October 2015, according to Bulgarian Regional Development Minister Lilyana Pavlova.

On Sunday, Pavlova conducted a sudden inspection of the progress of the 38km motorway section connecting Dupnitsa and Blagoevgrad.

Bulgaria's contract with Greek company Aktor on the construction of Lot 4 of the Struma motorway will be terminated due to its refusal to sign an annex.

Bulgaria's Regional Development Ministry gave Aktor an ultimatum to sign an annex to the contract by Friday.

Greek company Aktor, which is building Lot 4 of the Struma motorway, is to sign an annex to the contract by Friday, or have the agreement cancelled, according to Bulgaria's caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva.

Lot 2 of the Struma motorway will most probably be completed by the autumn of 2015, according to Bulgaria's caretaker Regional Development Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva.

Zaharieva inspected Tuesday the 37.5km motorway section from Dupnitsa to Blagoevgrad.

Bulgaria will terminate the contract with Greek company Aktor for Lot 4 of the Struma motorway unless it makes a commitment to complete it in 3-4 months, according to caretaker Transport Minister Nikolina Angelkova.

Angelkova explained in a Thursday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio that talks were underway with the contractor.

The Struma and Hemus motorways are the main priorities under Operational Program "Transport", according to Bulgaria's caretaker Transport Minister Nikolina Angelkova.

In a Tuesday interview for Nova TV, she informed that all projects included in the program had to be completed and launched by 2022.

Bulgaria's Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) mulls terminating a contract with a Greek company tasked with building a section of the Struma motorway.

The construction of the motorway section, which is near the Bulgarian-Greek border, has come to a standstill and no activity is underway.