Sectoral Operational Programme on Transport Coordination of Programmes and Projects Directorate 2 October, 2006 Ministry of Transport

Partnership principle  The SOPT was developed by a Working Group, established in October 2004 with an Order of the Minister of Transport.  40 Members of the Working Group – representatives of the key ministries, local administration, NGOs, Employer’s, transport and environment organizations, Universities, socio- economic partners.  Since October 2006 eleven working sessions were held.  Partnership principle during SOPT development was strictly followed.

Goals of the Sectoral Operational Programme on Transport  Overall Goals -Development of sustainable transport system  Specific Goals -Integration of the national transport system into the European Union Transport Network -Achievement of balance between different modes of transport

Operational Priorities axes under the Sectoral Operational Programme on Transport  Development of railway infrastructure along the major national and Trans-European transport axes  Development of road infrastructure along the major national and Trans-European transport axes  Improvement of intermodality for passengers and freights  Improvement of the maritime and inland- waterway navigation  Technical Assistance

Development of railway infrastructure along the major national and Trans-European transport axes :  The Priority axis Development of railway infrastructure along the major national and Trans-European 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  Operations under this priorities will be co-funded by the Cohesion Fund

Development of road infrastructure along the major national and Trans-European 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 and EU importance; - Establishment and development of the road infrastructure connecting the main road network of RB with the main road networks of the neighboring countries.  The most important operations under the Priority Axis could be summarized as follows: - 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  Operations under this priorities will be co-funded by the Cohesion Fund

Improvement of intermodality for passengers and freights  The priority axis comprises a group of operations which are related and have the following specific, measurable goals: - Improvement of the network of combined transport terminals and development of areas for freight villages; - Development of multimodal mobility for passengers.  The operations corresponding to the first goal “Improvement of the network of combined transport terminals and development of areas for freight villages” will be related to the: - 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  Operations under this priorities will be co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund

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  Operations under this priorities will be co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund

Technical Assistance :  The main objective of this Priority Axis is to achieve efficient and effective management and implementation of the SOP on Transport. - Technical assistance will be used for programming, managing, implementation, monitoring, control, evaluation of the SOP on Transport; publicity measures, improvement of administrative capacity linked to the management of the Funds, studies.  Indicative amount allocated for this priority ~1 % of the total for the Programme

Indicative Financial Plan of the SOPT: №Priority axes % of the EU Funds 1 Development of railway infrastructure along the major national and Pan-European transport axes 39% 2 Development of road infrastructure along the major national and Pan-European transport axes 41% 3 Improvement of intermodality for passenger and freight 13%13% 4 Improvement of the maritime and inland-waterway navigation 6% 5 Technical Assistance 1%1% Total 100%

Indicative list of major projects in railway sector Project Title Indicative amount € mln Modernization of Vidin-Sofia railway line 320,00 Electrification and Reconstruction of Svilengrad - Turkish border railway line 35,00 Modernization of Sofia-Plovdiv railway line 150,00 Renewal of railway sections along Plovdiv-Burgas railway line 63,00 Modernization of Sofia-Pernik-Radomir railway line 100,00 Modernization of Sofia - Dragoman railway line 83,00 Renewal of railway sections along Mezdra-Gorna Oryahovitza railway line 160,00 Doubling and electrification of Parvomai - Iabalkovo railway line 23,00

Indicative list of major projects in road sector Project Title Indicative amount € mln I-1 (E 79) Vidin - Montana 32,00 Reaching the technical and operational parameters of the road infrastructure in accordance with the European standards 107,63 Project Rehabilitation of transit roads IV-phase II 22,70 I-5 Kardjali – Podkova 32,00 Upgrading of road I-1 (E 79) Vratza - Botevgrad 85,00 Construction of bypasses along TEN-T network, Phase I 80,00 Construction of Struma Motorway 397,00 Connection of the Hemus Motorway to the Sofia Ring Road 32,00 Construction of Maritza Motorway – from km 5 to km ,00

Improvement of intermodality for passenger and freight Project Title Indicative amount € mln Extension of the Metropoliten Sofia from “Hemus” to Central Station and Central Bus Station, from “Drujba” to the new terminal at the Sofia Airport. 240,00 Construction of intermodal terminal in Sofia 25,90

Improvement of the maritime and inland-waterway navigation Project Title Indicative amount € 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 Belene 138,00 Establishment of River Information Services System in the Bulgarian part of Danube River 4,50 Vessel Traffic Management Information System – phase 3 3,50

Institutional framework of the Sectoral Operational Programme on Transport  Managing authority : With a Council of Ministers Decree № 4/ , put into force since , Coordination of Programmes and Projects Directorate within the Ministry of Transport was nominated to act as Managing Authority of the Sectoral 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  Municipalities

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