Priorities in the sector “Transport” 2014-2020OP “Transport and Transport Infrastructure”

2014-2020 Priority Projects

msc. eng. Galina VassilevaDirector of "Coordination of programmes and projects” Directorate, MTITC

November 30.11.2015, Sofia

Priorities of the national transport policy

• Consistent transport policy

• Development of sustainable transport infrastructure

• Construction of trans-European transport network (TEN-T) - priority "core network"

• Public-private partnership for port and airport infrastructure

• Improving the security, safety and environmentally friendly transport

Operational programme “Transport” 2007-2013

The biggest OP in Bulgaria funded under SCF with budget EUR 2 billion (EUR 1.624 EU share and National funding)

• 112 grand contracts are concluded; 22 investment projects are funded under the programme out of which 11 “major”; 13 - completed

o As a result of programme implementation:– 500 km railway lines were rehabilitated (track length); 1 railway station– 260 km new motorways and 53 km I class roads were built 21 km new metro lines were built (almost half of metro trips in Sofia are made in

the new sections)

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Operational programme “Transport and Transport Infrastructure” 2014-2020

1. Plovdiv – Burgas – Phase ІІ (incl. Plovdiv rail junction and Burgas rail junction)

2. Elin Pelin – Septemvri 3. Dragoman - Sofia – Elin Pelin (CEF)4. Vidin – Medkovets (CEF)

RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURERAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 2014-2020PROJECTS 2014-2020

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Railway infrastructure projects under OPTTI 2014 - 2020 Project: Modernization of the railway line Plovdiv -Burgas, incl. Plovdiv and Burgas rail junctions (Plovdiv - Burgas Phase II) – rehabilitation and modernization, S&T, allowing speeds of 130 km/h, 100 kmIndicative budget: EUR 320 million

• Project: Modernization of the railway line Sofia - Septemvri in the sections Elin Pelin – Ihtiman and Ihtiman -Septemvri – upgrade of the existing line, allowing speeds of 160 km/h, 78 kmIndicative budget: EUR 740 million

Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) – EUR 406 million

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• Project: Modernization of the railway line Dragoman – Sofia - Elin Pelin, incl. part of Sofia rail junction, with total length of 65 kmIndicative budget: EUR 200 million

• Project: Modernization of the railway line Vidin – Sofia, section Vidin-Metkovetz, with length of 62 kmIndicative budget: EUR 375 million

1. Struma Motorway, Lot 3 “Blagoevgrad - Sandanski”2. Hemus Motorway - from Yablanitsa to Veliko Turnovo3. Tunnel under the Shipka Peak

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Road infrastructure projects under OPTTI 2014 - 2020

Lot 3 of Struma Motorway, Lot 3 • Construction of motorway section, with length of 62 km grouped in 3 Lots:

Lot 3.1 Blagoevgrad-Krupnik; Lot 3.2 Krupnik-Kresna; Lot 3.3 Kresna-Sandanski• Indicative budget: EUR 750 million

Hemus Motorway• Construction of motorway section, with length of 250 km grouped in 3 phases:1) Stage 1 – from Hemus Motorway (Yablanitsa) to road II-35 (60 km);2) Stage 2 – from road II-35 to road E85 (85 km);• Indicative budget: EUR 445 million

Construction of a Tunnel under the Shipka Peak• The project is part of Corridor 9, with length of 11 km

The project consists construction of five tunnels: a tunnel under the Shipka Peak with length of 3,22 km and four shorter - 171 m, 240 m, 90 m and 290 m

• Indicative budget: EUR 150 million

• Construction of metro line 3: Stage I - Botevgradsko shosse depot – Vladimir Vazov blvd. – Central city area (downtown) – Ovcha Kupel residential areaConstruction of underground section with length of 11 km, 11 metro stations and rolling stock deliveryIndicative budget: EUR 434 million

• Extension of metro line 2: Section MS James Bourchier (MS II-11) – intersection of Cherni Vrah blvd. and Henrih Ibsen str. (MS II-12)Construction of section with length of 1.3 km and 1 metro station Indicative budget: EUR 21.6 million

SOFIA METRO EXTENSION - Line 3 SOFIA METRO EXTENSION - Line 3

Innovations in management and services in the transport

• Development of systems for railway traffic management (GSM-R);• Development of navigation information systems, upgrading the existing systems

and the systems under construction;• Development of information systems for automobile traffic management;• Supply of multipurpose vessels, improvement of the navigation on the Danube

River; • Modernization and construction of port reception facilities for ship-generated

waste and cargo residues in Bulgarian ports of national importance on river Danube and Black sea;

• Improvement of quality of aeronautical data and information in the area of civil aviation.

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