2024-09-29 15:21:57
The Road Infrastructure Agency may be forced to introduce vignettes for crossing the Sofia Ring Road.
This was reported by the road administration, and as the reason they indicated that the new leadership of the Capital Municipality is inexplicably delaying the agreement with API for the joint maintenance of sections of the republican road network on the territory of the municipality and is already hundreds of thousands of BGN in debt.
In the past years, it has been maintained on the basis of agreed protocols, on the basis of which the responsibilities for maintaining the route are shared, and the residents of Sofia use it without the need for an e-vignette, which is required for the use of a republican road network.
The Metropolitan Municipality has also not solved the problem of strengthening the overpass at the cloverleaf of “Bulgaria” Blvd. and the Sofia Ring Road to the “Boyana” district for 5 months, and traffic cannot be allowed. The local authority refuses to sign an agreement with the Road Infrastructure Agency for these activities, which would allow work. API cannot undertake the necessary activities to strengthen the bridge, as the property in which they must be carried out belongs to the Municipality of Sofia.
According to an opinion of the University of Architecture, Construction and Geodesy (UASG), prepared on assignment from the municipality, traffic can be allowed under the overpass provided that the bridge is protected from impact. API was ready to carry out the necessary activities on the facility, according to its powers, and to start traffic as early as September 15, but cooperation with the municipality was not achieved.
The Metropolitan Municipality commented to the BNR that they had read the API’s announcement.