2024-05-27 02:25:53
I feel everyone knows the state of the roads – all of us journey, drive on them. In a phrase, the situation is unsatisfactory. This was commented within the studio of “The Day Begins with Georgi Ljubenov” on BNT, the official Minister of Regional Improvement and Public Works, Violeta Koritarova. At a gathering with the administration of API and the regional highway administrations within the nation, she commissioned an evaluation to be ready inside every week to be able to know the place pressing repairs needs to be deliberate.
One of many essential actions that shall be taken is making certain the protection of the essential factors of the highway infrastructure, cleansing grass and bushes, restoring the highway markings and the lacking highway indicators, eradicating the weather that hinder the visibility of the intersections, defined Koritarova.
“The scenario is essential in all places. Social networks abound with photographs that concentrate on irregularities on the roads. Subsequently, our aim is to have the ability to take probably the most pressing actions as rapidly as potential. The roads won’t be fastened with a magic wand and in a brief time frame, however we should to begin their upkeep,” the regional minister added.
In accordance with her, the roads in our nation haven’t been repaired within the final 3 years. On this interval, there aren’t any present contracts for highway upkeep.
“Solely emergency repairs have been carried out, however sadly the monetary useful resource has already been exhausted there as nicely. Subsequently, the very first thing I made a decision fairly responsibly was to revive the work for the collection of contractors”, stated Violeta Koritarova.
MRRB should pay BGN 200 million to development firms for actions carried out underneath highway upkeep contracts, and the curiosity on them remains to be nearly the identical, Koritarova specified.
The minister of MRR additionally introduced that on the finish of June, the restore of the Danube bridge close to Ruse will start. The actions will final two years, and their worth is BGN 45 million, which is offered by the finances. The Bulgarian part of the power, which has not been repaired for 70 years, shall be renovated. The complete construction shall be changed – panels, waterproofing, highway floor and different parts. The site visitors won’t cease. It is going to be one-way, and site visitors shall be managed by a site visitors gentle.
“In very quick intervals, all site visitors shall be stopped, as a result of some parts can’t be changed in any other case. Nevertheless, our calculations point out that there shall be no extra critical site visitors jams than these which can be occurring in the meanwhile,” defined the regional minister. To be able to make it as simple as potential for vacationers, API will conduct an info marketing campaign that can inform concerning the group of site visitors and journey alternate options. A ferry line between Bulgaria and Romania is to be launched by the tip of July, which may also ease site visitors.
The regional minister additionally stated that the Trakia freeway must be repaired in sections within the Sliven and Yambol areas, however this shall be finished after the tip of the energetic vacationer season, in order to not create site visitors jams. Measures are additionally being taken on the “Struma” freeway, the place right this moment because of the anticipated site visitors from Greece and Bansko to Sofia, a brief group of site visitors has been launched, heavy vans have additionally been stopped.
“Lots of phrases had been stated about highway repairs – we heard about low costs, prime quality, quick execution, and the standard of roads is getting worse. To be able to have good roads, crucial factor is management throughout development, so the authorities should be accountable within the work course of, and never after completion to see the phenomenon of “restore of restore”. That is our aim, each the administration and the highway business to work in peace, to have predictability and to have high quality management,” stated Koritarova.
Relating to the development of the “Hemus” AM, Minister Koritarova knowledgeable that in recent times the development was suspended, however upon taking workplace she discovered that actions underneath listed contracts had been began.
“Nevertheless, to be able to begin actual development actions, the began sections should first be rehabilitated to be able to be within the type wherein they had been in 2021. “By the tip of the 12 months, part 1 of the freeway between Boaza and Pleven shall be accomplished, and the second and third stage till the tip of 2026. All actions have been restored there. For part 9 – between Shumen and Targovishte, a development allow is pending, which signifies that work may be finished there as nicely. The opposite routes are additionally offered. “Sadly, as an alternative of speaking about ending the freeway, we’re beginning to construct once more,” commented Koritarova.
“Flaws have been recognized within the work of the workers of the OPU-Varna, there is no such thing as a synchronization and coordination within the actions of the establishments”, stated Koritarova on the event of the intense accident close to Aksakovo with a automotive of the NSO and one particular person died, wherein the co-chairman of “We proceed the change” Kiril was additionally concerned Petkov and the pressing repaving of the part in query,
“Certainly, within the part of the highway Varna – Dobrich, on the territory of the Varna area, restore works are deliberate to be carried out in Could. The award is already on Could 13. Each we and the prosecutor’s workplace will do our work responsibly to search out out the explanations for laying the asphalt “, emphasised the regional minister.