1. Priorities in the sector “Transport” 2014-2020
OP “Transport and Transport Infrastructure”
Priority Projects
msc. eng. Galina Vassileva
Director of "Coordination of programmes
and projects” Directorate, MTITC
November , Sofia

2. Priorities of the national transport policy
Consistent transport policy
Development of sustainable transport infrastructure
Construction of trans-European transport network (TEN-T) - priority "core network"
Public-private partnership for port and airport infrastructure
Improving the security, safety and environmentally friendly transport

3. Operational programme “Transport” 2007-2013
The biggest OP in Bulgaria funded under SCF with budget EUR 2 billion (EUR EU share and National funding)
112 grand contracts are concluded; 22 investment projects are funded under the programme out of which 11 “major”; 13 - completed
As a result of programme implementation:
500 km railway lines were rehabilitated (track length); 1 railway station
260 km new motorways and 53 km I class roads were built
21 km new metro lines were built (almost half of metro trips in Sofia are made in the new sections)

4. Operational programme “Transport and Transport
Infrastructure” ME
Metro
EUR 402 million
Improvement of Intermodality
25 ME
Rail
Infrastructure
673 ME
Innovations in Management and Services
68 ME
Road Infrastructure

5. RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
PROJECTS 4. 3. 1. 2.
Plovdiv – Burgas – Phase ІІ (incl. Plovdiv rail junction and Burgas rail junction)
Elin Pelin – Septemvri
Dragoman - Sofia – Elin Pelin (CEF)
Vidin – Medkovets (CEF)

6. Railway infrastructure projects under OPTTI 2014 - 2020
Project: Modernization of the railway line Plovdiv -
Burgas, incl. Plovdiv and Burgas rail junctions
(Plovdiv - Burgas Phase II) – rehabilitation and
modernization, S&T, allowing speeds of 130 km/h, 100 km
Indicative budget: EUR 320 million
Project: Modernization of the railway line Sofia - Septemvri
in the sections Elin Pelin – Ihtiman and Ihtiman -
Septemvri – upgrade of the existing line, allowing speeds
of 160 km/h, 78 km
Indicative budget: EUR 740 million
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) – EUR 406 million
Project: Modernization of the railway line
Dragoman – Sofia - Elin Pelin, incl. part of Sofia
rail junction, with total length of 65 km
Indicative budget: EUR 200 million
Project: Modernization of the railway line Vidin – Sofia, section Vidin-Metkovetz, with length of 62 km
Indicative budget: EUR 375 million .

7. ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 2014 – 20202. 3. 1.
Struma Motorway, Lot 3 “Blagoevgrad - Sandanski”
Hemus Motorway - from Yablanitsa to Veliko Turnovo
Tunnel under the Shipka Peak

8. Road infrastructure projects under OPTTI 2014 - 2020
Lot 3 of Struma Motorway, Lot 3  
Construction of motorway section, with length of 62 km grouped in 3 Lots: Lot 3.1 Blagoevgrad-Krupnik; Lot 3.2 Krupnik-Kresna; Lot 3.3 Kresna-Sandanski
Indicative budget: EUR 750 million
Hemus Motorway
Construction of motorway section, with length of 250 km grouped in 3 phases:
Stage 1 – from Hemus Motorway (Yablanitsa) to road II-35 (60 km);
Stage 2 – from road II-35 to road E85 (85 km);
Indicative budget: EUR 445 million
Construction of a Tunnel under the Shipka Peak
The project is part of Corridor 9, with length of 11 km
The project consists construction of five tunnels: a tunnel under the Shipka Peak with length of 3,22 km and four shorter m, 240 m, 90 m and 290 m
Indicative budget: EUR 150 million

9. SOFIA METRO EXTENSION - Line 3
Construction of metro line 3: Stage I - Botevgradsko shosse depot – Vladimir Vazov blvd. – Central city area (downtown) – Ovcha Kupel residential area
Construction of underground section
with length of 11 km, 11 metro stations
and rolling stock delivery
Indicative budget: EUR 434 million
Extension of metro line 2:
Section MS James Bourchier (MS II-11) – intersection of Cherni Vrah blvd. and Henrih Ibsen str. (MS II-12)
Construction of section with length of km and 1 metro station
Indicative budget: EUR 21.6 million

10. Innovations in management and services in the transport
Development of systems for railway traffic management (GSM-R);
Development of navigation information systems, upgrading the existing systems and the systems under construction;
Development of information systems for automobile traffic management;
Supply of multipurpose vessels, improvement of the navigation on the Danube River;
Modernization and construction of port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues in Bulgarian ports of national importance on river Danube and Black sea;
Improvement of quality of aeronautical data and information in the area of civil aviation.

11. Thank you for your attention!