Bulgaria Spending On Roads
Bulgaria plans to spend 9 billion euros over the next decade to double the length of its four lane highways (Currently only 350km /240 miles) and upgrade other major roads.
The limitations of public infrastructure in Bulgaria including roads, water and power supplies, sewage systems and the telephone network have all hampered the boom in Bulgarian tourism including the rapid expansion of the country’s ski resorts and sales of associated properties to investors from Britain, Ireland, Russia and other countries.
The problems with roads to ski resorts are reported to be particularly bad with large pot holes causing vehicles to damage tyres or even entire wheels, exasperated when snow and ice cover the holes so that can’t be seen by drivers until too late.
Half of the money for the new roads is coming from EC funds, the remainder will be raised by the Bulgarian governmment. 'The development of the infrastructure is the top priority,' said the country’s Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev.