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EC wants Danube bridge 2 operational by end-2010
The bridge linking Vidin in Bulgaria to Calafat in Romania should be operational by the end of 2010, Jeroen van Oel from the European Commission's directorate-general for regional policy told Bulgarian officials last week, as quoted by Dnevnik daily on April 14.
Van Oel was in Bulgaria to meet Deputy Transport Minister Vessela Gospodinova, Vidin regional governor Krustyo Spassov, Vidin mayor Roumen Vidov and Calafat mayor Petre Traistaru.
The bridge will be ready by April 2010, with the new construction schedule drafted to make up the existing four-month delay, Gospodinova said.
The delay has been caused by the fact that project engineers rejected the initial proposal put forth by Spanish firm Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC), picked to build the bridge and the infrastructure on the Bulgarian side. It has also run into regulatory trouble on the Romanian side, which has since been settled, she said.
Bulgaria will contribute 60 million euro in funding for the bridge, with 70 million each coming from the EU's Ispa pre-accession aid programme and the EuropeanInvestment bank. German development bank KfW has lend another 18 million euro.
Bulgaria was ready to step in and maintain the balance between different sources of funding in case construction works are delayed, Gospodinova said.
FCC has won the tender to build the 1971-metre bridge, but also the road and rail infrastructure on the Bulgarian side, last year. The Spanish firm would be paid 162 million euro for the works, while the total costs of the project, including construction on the Romanian side, was estimated at 236 million euro.
April 15 2008, Source:sofiaecho.com
Van Oel was in Bulgaria to meet Deputy Transport Minister Vessela Gospodinova, Vidin regional governor Krustyo Spassov, Vidin mayor Roumen Vidov and Calafat mayor Petre Traistaru.
The bridge will be ready by April 2010, with the new construction schedule drafted to make up the existing four-month delay, Gospodinova said.
The delay has been caused by the fact that project engineers rejected the initial proposal put forth by Spanish firm Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC), picked to build the bridge and the infrastructure on the Bulgarian side. It has also run into regulatory trouble on the Romanian side, which has since been settled, she said.
Bulgaria will contribute 60 million euro in funding for the bridge, with 70 million each coming from the EU's Ispa pre-accession aid programme and the EuropeanInvestment bank. German development bank KfW has lend another 18 million euro.
Bulgaria was ready to step in and maintain the balance between different sources of funding in case construction works are delayed, Gospodinova said.
FCC has won the tender to build the 1971-metre bridge, but also the road and rail infrastructure on the Bulgarian side, last year. The Spanish firm would be paid 162 million euro for the works, while the total costs of the project, including construction on the Romanian side, was estimated at 236 million euro.
April 15 2008, Source:sofiaecho.com

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