"The total value of approved projects for implementation under priority axis 1 of Operational Programme on Transport reaches EUR 2.7 billion” said Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Ivailo Moskovski. This includes the project for extension of Sofia’s underground, together with national and other sources of funding. Almost half of them are grants. Minister Moskovski attended the official ceremony of signing the contracts for the project "Electrification and reconstruction of Dimitrovgrad-Svilengrad railway line".
The contract for the reconstruction and electrification of railway line Dimitrovgrad - Svilengrad is divided into three positions:
- Item 1 - Reconstruction and electrification of the railway section Dimitrovgrad - Harmanli, with an approximate length of track - 36 km. Executor of the project: "Terna" SA, Greece; offered price – BGN 136 million (excluding VAT);
- Item 2 - Reconstruction and electrification of the railway section Harmanli - Svilengrad, with an approximate length of track - 34 km, and rehabilitation and electrification of railway line Svilengrad-Greece border approximately 4 km long. Executor: "Railway Infrastructure 2011"; offered price – BGN 116 497 477 (excluding VAT);
- Item 3 - Construction of new traction substations in Simeonovgrad and Svilengrad and expansion of the traction substation in Dimitrovgrad. Executor: "Start engineering" JSC, Sofia; offered price – BGN 20 350 493 (excluding VAT).
The section from Dimitrovgrad to Svilengrad is part of the project "Reconstruction and electrification of railway line Plovdiv - Svilengrad - Turkish /Greek borders" and will be financed under Operational Programme on Transport. Beneficiary is the National Company "Railway Infrastructure".