MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS OPPORTUNITIES

MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP 1

National Program for Energy Efficiency of Residential Buildings Investment cost: 1. 2 billion. BGN The project for energy efficiency in multifamily buildings aims to contribute to the integrated and sustainable urban development as a determining factor in achieving balanced development within the agglomeration areas and regions, and in the broader context of achieving territorial cohesion throughout the country. Expected results are: Over 50% reduction in heating costs Improved housing infrastructure and changes in the appearance of cities. Saving greenhouse gas emissions (CO 2 and others. ). Extended life and increased market value of buildings. SMEs to be involved in the process – architectures, constructors, companies for audits for energy efficiency, material manufacturers and others. 2

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HEMUS MOTORWAY TOTAL LENGTH: 420 KM REMAIN TO BE BUILT: 250 KM STAGE I PLEVEN - LOVECH Length: 60 km, est. cost: EUR 266 mln. STAGE II LOVECH – VELIKO TARNOVO Length: 85 km; indicative cost: EUR 270 mln. STAGE III VELIKO TARNOVO - SHUMEN Length: approx. 110 km; indicative cost: EUR 404 mln. 5

TUNNEL UNDER PEAK SHIPKA • The project is part of Pan. European Transport Corridor IX Bucharest – Rousse – Dimitrovgrad-Alexandroupolis. • The road is a junction of traffic flows in the North – South direction. • Length: 10. 6 km, including the 3. 2 km tunnel under peak Shipka. • The projected investment cost of the investment for Phase II is EUR 150 mln. 6

VIDIN – BOTEVGRAD MOTORWAY Road E-79 Vidin - Botevgrad is part of Road E-79 Vidin – Sofia – Kulata Border -Crossing Checkpoint, Is the Bulgarian section of Pan-European Transport Corridor IV: Dresden/Nuremberg – Prague – Vienna/Bratislava – Budapest – Arad – Bucharest – Constanţa/ Craiova – Sofia – Thessaloniki/ Plovdiv – Istanbul. Length of the road: 158 km Projected cost of the investment: EUR 496 mln. 7

KALOTINA – SOFIA MOTORWAY Part of Pan-European Transport Corridor X, linking Western Europe with the South Balkans. The length of the road is 47. 5 km. Projected cost of the investment: EUR 245 mln 8

ROUSSE – VELIKO TARNOVO MOTORWAY The Rousse – Veliko Tarnovo road is part of Pan-European Transport Corridor IX, which links Europe with Istanbul and the Middle East, and from there with Africa. Traffic on the road is highly intensive. A large part of the transiting motor vehicles are trucks. The length of the road is 110 km. Projected cost of the investment: EUR 420 mln. 9

BLACK SEA MOTORWAY • Located in Eastern Bulgaria, links the two largest ports, Varna and Burgas, as part of Pan-European Transport Corridor VIII which runs to the Adriatic Sea • 10 km of the motorway have been completed, and 95 km remain to be built • Projected cost of the project: EUR 340 mln. 10

TOLL SYSTEM • In Bulgaria, a major problem is the poor quality of the infrastructure and the need for funds to build, efficient maintenance, modernization and development; • The location of Bulgaria as one of the crossroads of Europe – with 50% of Trans European corridors passing through it, imposes a need to collect revenues from visiting and transiting vehicles, to maintain road quality and to support smooth border and internal security operations. • The current sticker vignette system is costly to administer and may not collect all the revenues due – as it is not an easily enforceable system. It is also a very blunt tool – charging by duration of access rather than distance travelled. . 11

MINISTRY OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS THANK YOU Lazarinka Stoichkova lstoichkova@mrrb. government. bg 12