Transport

The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Hristo Alexiev held the first meeting with the Permanent Representative of the World Bank for Bulgaria Tony Thompson. They discussed future cooperation between the two institutions in the field of railways and communications.

Four project proposals  were  submitted under the third invitation of the Connecting Europe Facility "Transport" sector (Cohesion package). Two projects were submitted by State Enterprise "Air Traffic Control", one of State Enterprise "National Company Railway Infrastructure" and one of "Road Infrastructure Agency". The total investment value is 207 million euros  and EU funding amounts to 85%.

Caretaker Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Hristo Alexiev met today with representatives of the Bulgarian Airlines Association.

During the talks the representatives of the industry expressed willingness to be elaborated a strategy to provide guidelines for the development of aviation. They stated their readiness to continue the work of the Advisory Board in the fields of aviation.

Caretaker Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Hristo Alexiev stated in a letter to the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks of Greece Christos Spirtzis that he expects from the Greek state to take all necessary measures to prevent the closure of the border-crossing points and the hindering of the free movement of goods and people between the two countries.

Organizing of fair and democratic elections is one of the main priorities of the caretaker government, stated the caretaker Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Hristo Alexiev during the MTITC management handover ceremony. The management of "Information Services" AD, which is within the system of the Ministry will have the task to start immediately the preparation for holding of elections.

With regard to allegations of the MPs Dragomir Stoynev, Zhelyu Boychev and Georgi Svilenski, the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications shall provide the following information:

1. The feasibility study for the construction of Intermodal Terminal Plovdiv started in 2008 (by the Cabinet of Sergey Stanishev), where were set the guidelines for the implementation of the project, including the implementation of public-private partnership.

As per order of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Ivaylo Moskovski, the National Railway Infrastructure Company sent two cranes to the site of the accident in Hitrino.

Funds disbursed  to the beneficiaries of OP on "Transport and transport infrastructure" so far are nearly 280 million BGN, said Galina Vassileva - Deputy Head of the Managing Authority of the program during the Sixth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of OPTTI 2014-2020. The event was held in the period 28 - 29 November in "Boyana" residence.

We provided a total amount of 560 million BGN for railway projects under the Connecting Europe Fcility. This became clear during the visit of the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski in Brussels. He pointed out that with these funds the total amount for rail infrastructure under OPTTI and CEF by 2022 will reach 2 billion BGN with the national co-financing.

We begin the implementation of the first railway project, funded under the Connecting Europe Facility This was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the signing of the contracts on design and construction of the railway section Sofia - Elin Pelin. According to him, this is one of the first four transport projects, approved in 2015 still during the first call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility.

We expect that by the end of the year will complete the selection of a new vessel to combat oil spills, was stated by the Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivaylo Moskovski during the high level meeting on the occasion of the International Black Sea Day - October 31.