10 th Cohesion Fund 1164/94/ISPA Monitoring Committee Meeting – 25 January 2012 GENERAL REPORT ON MEASURES managed by Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Presented by Galina Vassileva, Dipl. Eng Deputy Head of CF 1164/94 MA

Danube Bridge at Vidin – Calafat Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation:

Contract Details Contract 1: New Cross Border Combined Bridge over the Danube River at Vidin – Calafat Employer:Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria (MTITC) Contractor:FCC Construccion SA (Spain) Engineer:Ingerop / High-Point Rendel / JV (France/UK) Contract Value:€ Commencement Date:1 st March 2007 Revised Completion Date: 9 th June 2011 Paid from to € Paid total until € Physical progress until % Financial progress until % Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation:

Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation: 40m Spans Rail Approach Bridge – General View Abutment A1 to Pier PA10 – January 2012

Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation: 80m Spans Road Approach Bridge Piers PB6 to PB1 – January 2012

Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation: Main Bridge 180 Spans Pier PB9 – January 2012

Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation: Main Bridge 180 Spans – General View Abutment A3 to PB9 – January 2012

Contract Details Contract 3: Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat: Adjoining Bulgarian Infrastructure Works Employer: Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria (MTITC) Contractor:FCC Construccion SA (Spain) Engineer:High-Point Rendel / Ingerop / Salfo (UK/France/Greece) Contract Value:€ Commencement Date:28 December 2007 Revised Completion Date:3 June 2011 Paid from to € Paid total until € Physical progress until % Financial progress until % Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation:

Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation: Approach to New Border Freight Station from Sofia

Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation: Bregovo Road Junction

Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation: Main Highway Under Novo Selo Road Overpass

Danube Bridge Vidin – Calafat Presentation: General Arrangement of Bridge - Actual October 2011 General Arrangement of Bridge - Artists Impression

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification & Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Project/Contracts Details Phase 1: EuropeAid/117495/D/W/BG Electrification & Upgrading of the Railway Section Kroumovo - Parvomai Employer:Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria (MTITC) Contractor:TERNA S.A. (Greece) Engineer:Typsa/Systra/Louis Berger/Rubicon Engineering/Trademco Contract Value:€ Commencement Date:25 th May 2006 Revised Completion Date:31 st December 2011 Status as per :Operational, Taking-Over Certificate signed on Paid from to : € Paid Total until : € Physical Progress until : 100% Financial Progress until : 94%

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Railway bridge at Katunitsa Station

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Kochovo Halt

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Popovitsa Station

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: The Prime Minister Mr. Borisov and the Minister of TITC Mr. Moskovski traveling in the driver’s cabin of an electrical locomotive along Krumovo – Parvomai section at a speed of kmph

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Project/Contracts Details Phase 2: EuropeAid/123600/D/WKS/BG Electrification & Upgrading of the Railway Section Parvomai - Dimitrovgrad Employer:Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria (MTITC) Contractor:ASTALDI S.P.A. (Italy) Engineer:Typsa/Systra/Louis Berger/Rubicon Engineering/Trademco Contract Value:€ Commencement Date:02 nd October 2007 Revised Completion Date:09 th November 2011 Status as per :Operational, Taking-Over Certificate signed on Paid from to : € Paid Total until : € Physical Progress until : 100% Financial Progress until : 91%

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Karadzhalovo Station

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Karadzhalovo Road Overpass

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Yabalkovo Station

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Project/Contracts Details Systems: EuropeAid/124429/D/WKS/BG Signalling and Telecommunications Systems and SCADA for the Whole of the Line Employer:Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications, Republic of Bulgaria (MTITC) Contractor:THALES (Austria)/ALCATEL-LUCENT (Romania) Engineer:Typsa/Systra/Louis Berger/Rubicon Engineering/Trademco Contract Value:€ Commencement Date:16 th October 2007 Revised Completion Date:31 st March 2012 Status as per :Operational for Plovdiv – Dimitrovgrad section Paid from to : € Paid Total until : € Physical Progress for Plovdiv – Dimitrovgrad section:90% Financial Progress until : 62%

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: Passenger Information Systems at Katounitsa Station

Plovdiv – Svilengrad Electrification and Upgrading of Corridors IV and IX Presentation: GSM-R Tower at Cheshnegirovo Halt

Ljulin Motorway – Sofia Ring Road to Daskalovo Junction Project

Ljulin Motorway – Sofia Ring Road to Daskalovo Junction Project Commemorative plague Commemorative Plague

10 th Cohesion Fund 1164/94/ISPA Monitoring Committee Meeting – 25 January 2012 Thank you for your attention!