1. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 Vessela Gospodinova Deputy minister of transport Nearer and closer

2. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 GOALS OF THE OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON TRANSPORT /OPT/ Overall Goal  Development of sustainable transport Specific Goals  Integration of the national transport system in the EU transport network  Achievement of balance between different modes of transport

3. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 OPT PRIORITY AXES  Development of railway infrastructure along the Trans-European and major national transport axes  Development of road infrastructure along the Trans-European and major national transport axes  Improvement of intermodality for passengers and freight  Improvement of the maritime and inland-waterway navigation  Technical Assistance

4. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 Budget allocation №Priority axes % of the Budget 1 Development of railway infrastructure along the Trans-European and major national transport axes 28,95% 2 Development of road infrastructure along the Trans- European and major national transport axes 49,39% 3 Improvement of intermodality for passengers and freight 10,54% 4 Improvement of the maritime and inland-waterway navigation 7,83% 5 Technical Assistance3,29% Total 100%

5. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 Development of railway infrastructure along Trans-European and the major national transport axes  The Priority axis Development of railway infrastructure along Trans-European and major national transport axes comprises a group of operations which are closely related and have the following specific measurable goals:  Modernization, rehabilitation and electrification of railway sections along the Trans-European transport axes of nation- wide and EU importance;  Modernization, rehabilitation and electrification of railway sections connecting the main railway network of Republic of Bulgaria with the main railway networks of the neighboring countries

6. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 Development of railway infrastructure along Trans-European and the major national transport axes Projects € mln Modernization of Vidin-Sofia railway line320,00 Electrification and Reconstruction of Svilengrad – Turkish border railway line 35,00 Modernization of Sofia-Plovdiv railway line125,00 Modernization of Sofia-Pernik-Radomir railway line100,00 Indicative budget:580,00

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8. Development of road infrastructure along Trans-European and the major national transport axes  The priority axis comprises a group of operations which are related and have the following specific, measurable goals:  Establishment and development of the main road infrastructure of nation wide, EU importance and road infrastructure connecting the main road network of RB with the main road networks of the neighboring countries.  Construction of new and rehabilitation and modernization of the existing motorways and I class roads of nation-wide and EU importance  Construction of new and modernization and rehabilitation of the existing II class roads along the TEN-T of nation-wide and EU importance  Construction, modernization and rehabilitation of road sections connecting the main road network of RB with the main road networks of the neighboring countries

9. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 Development of road infrastructure along Trans-European and the major national transport axes Projects € mln (E 79) Vidin – Montana32,00 I-5 Kardjali-Podkova32,00 (E 79) Vratza - Botevgrad85,00 Construction of Struma Motorway600,00 Connection of the Hemus Motorway to the Sofia Ring Road32,00 Construction of Maritza Motorway – from км 5 до км 72208.59 Indicative budget989,59

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11. Improvement of intermodality for passengers and freights  Operations under the Priority Axis could be summarized as follows:  Construction of new intermodal terminals and the improvement of the technical, technological and operational parameters of the existing terminals  Construction of freight villages in the related areas  Development of multimodal mobility for passengers in Sofia

12. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 Improvement of intermodality for passengers and freights Projects € mln Extension of the Metropoliten Sofia from “Hemus” Hotel to Central Station and Central Bus Station from “Drujba” to the new terminal at the Sofia Airport 185,19 Construction of intermodal terminal in Sofia25,90 Indicative budget :211,09

13. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 Improvement of the maritime and inland-waterway navigation  The priority axis comprises a group of operations which are related and have the following specific, measurable goal:  Improvement of the vessel traffic conditions on the Danube River and the Bulgarian maritime spaces.  The operations under the Priority axes Improvement of the maritime and inland-waterway navigation will be related to the:  Removing the bottlenecks on the Danube River  Setting up and development of navigation information systems

14. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 Improvement of the maritime and inland-waterway navigation Projects € mln Improvement of the navigation on the Danube in joint Bulgarian - Romanian parts: from rkm 530 to rkm 520 – Bathin from rkm 576 to rkm 560 - Belene 138,00 River Information Services System in the Establishment of Bulgarian part of Danube River 15,00 Vessel Traffic Management Information System – phase 33,85 Indicative budget156,85

15. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 Institutional framework of the Operational Programme on Transport Managing authority: With a Council of Ministers Decree № 4/21.01.2000, put into force since 17.12.2004, Coordination of Programmes and Projects Directorate within the Ministry of Transport was nominated to act as Managing Authority of the Operational Programme on Transport. Beneficiaries :  National Railway Infrastructure Company  National Fund Road Infrastructure  Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of Danube River  Maritime Administration Executive Agency  “Metropolitan” JSC

16. OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME ON “TRANSPORT” 2007 – 2013 THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!