Europe motorway
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|---|---|
| Автомагистрала „Велико Търново–Русе“ | |
 Kalotina motorway highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
Part of  E80 | |
| Length | 0 km (0 mi; 0 ft) 50 km (31 mi) planned |
| Major junctions | |
| From | Sofia |
| To | Kalotina  ;  |
| Location | |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Major cities | Sofia, Slivnitsa |
| Highway system | |
The Kalotina motorway (Bulgarian: Автомагистрала „Калотина“, Avtomagistrala "Kalotina") is a planned motorway[1][nb 1] that will link the Sofia ring road in the Bulgarian capital with the border crossing with Serbia near Kalotina. It will span for approximately 50 kilometers (31 mi). It is planned to be connected with the Serbian A4 motorway.
Tenders
The first 31.5 km of the motorway (Kalotina–Herakovo) were tendered in 2012,[2] and the construction works were expected to begin in 2013.[3][4] The route in the tendered section follows the existing major road 8/European route E80 road and also is part of Pan-European Corridor X, branch C. In October 2013 the tender procedure was cancelled due to lacking financing under the allocated for Bulgaria EU funds.[5]
In May 2014, the section between Kalotina and Herakovo was retendered. This time it has been divided into 2 sublots, Kalotina-Dragoman and Dragoman-Herakovo. The costs are estimated at 200 million levs (102.26 million euro).[6][7] Later, this tender also was cancelled.
On Sept. 13, 2017, the sections Kalotina-Dragoman and Dragoman-Slivnitsa were put to tender; Strabag is to build the first section, GBS-Infrastructure the latter.[8]
See also
Notes
- ^ Still not designated as of March 2013.
References
- ^ "Construction of Sofia-Kalotina Motorway". Operational programme on Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014 – 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Tender for construction of Kalotina motorway". napi via aop.bg.
- ^ "400 M leva needed for two roads near Sofia". monitor (in Bulgarian). 2013-06-03. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "10 applicants for 32 km of Sofia-Kalotina motorway". infrastructure.bg (in Bulgarian). 2013-03-15.
- ^ "РЕШЕНИЕ Номер: 169 от 17.10.2013 г. за прекратяване на процедура за възлагане на обществена поръчка". aop.bg.
- ^ ""Определяне на изпълнител за проектиране и строителството на обект: " Модернизация на съществуващото трасе на път І-8 "Калотина-СОП" с две обособени позиции, както следва: Обособена позиция 1: Участък 1 от км 1 + 000 до км 15+500 Обособена позиция 2: Участък 2 от км 15+500 до км 32+447" (in Bulgarian). aop.bg. 21 May 2014.
- ^ "Bulgaria's Sofia-Kalotina Highway Section Procurement Announced". novinite.com. 21 May 2014.
- ^ https://www.novinite.com/articles/191358/Austrian+and+Bulgarian+Companies+will+Build+the+Sofia-Kalotina+Highway
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