Sectoral Operational Programme on Sectoral Operational Programme on Transport Transport 22007-2013007-2013

Coordination of Programmes and Projects DirectorateCoordination of Programmes and Projects Directorate2 October2 October, 200, 20066

Ministry of TransportMinistry 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%

4 Improvement of the maritime and inland-waterway navigation 6%

5 Technical Assistance 1%Tota

l  100%

Indicative list of major projects in railway sector

Project Title Indicative amount

€ mlnModernization of Vidin-Sofia railway line 320,00Electrification and Reconstruction of Svilengrad - Turkish border railway line

35,00

Modernization of Sofia-Plovdiv railway line 150,00Renewal of railway sections along Plovdiv-Burgas railway line

63,00

Modernization of Sofia-Pernik-Radomir railway line 100,00Modernization of Sofia - Dragoman railway line 83,00Renewal 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

€ mlnI-1 (E 79) Vidin - Montana 32,00Reaching 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 22,70I-5 Kardjali – Podkova 32,00Upgrading of road I-1 (E 79) Vratza - Botevgrad 85,00Construction of bypasses along TEN-T network, Phase I 80,00Construction of Struma Motorway 397,00Connection of the Hemus Motorway to the Sofia Ring Road

32,00

Construction of Maritza Motorway – from km 5 to km 72 210,00

Improvement of intermodality for passenger and freight

Project Title Indicative amount

€ mlnExtension 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

€ mlnImprovement of the navigation on the Danube in jointBulgarian - Romanian parts: from rkm 530 to rkm 520 –Bathin from rkm 576 to rkm 560 - 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 № 4/21.01.2000, 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 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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