We completed the speed road link to Sofia Airport after more than 14 years of delay. This was announced by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the official launch of the traffic flow on the newly built route in the capital. The Mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova, representatives of the contractors and of the contracting authority also took part in the event.
In 2009, we found the project in a state that prevented its continuation, and that made us conserve the site, Moskovski said. In 2012, with the decision of the second cabinet with Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, we provided the necessary 13.7 million leva to complete it and today it is a fact, two months ahead of schedule, the minister said. Funding is provided by the budget of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications.
The construction of the stack is of great complexity from a technical and engineering point of view and so far no projects of such a scale have been implemented in our country, the Transport Minister announced. The new road section and the connection of the Sofia subway to Sofia Airport will lead to significant relief of the traffic to Terminal 2, he said. Today's launch can be symbolically associated with the start of the Presidency of the Council of the EU, which the country takes over, the Minister also stressed.
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Road Link to Sofia Airport with a range from "Brussels" Blvd. to "Mimi Balkanska" Str. Project has a total value of BGN 13.7 million with VAT. The construction works started in September 2016 and the deadline for completion is February 2018. The scope of activities includes the construction of a direct speed route from "Brussels" Blvd. to Terminal 2 at Sofia Airport and two road connections to Terminal 1. The total length of the direct route is 1100 m, which includes a 360-meter-long stretch. The contractor of the project is the "Brussels 2015" Company, composed of "PST Group" and "Infrastructure Construction". The construction supervision is carried out by "Transconsult-BG" OOD.
