World Bank Head Visits Bulgarian Road Project

Bulgaria’s Minister of Regional Development, Rosen Pleveneliev (pictured) is accompanying the President of the World Bank on a trip to northeastern Bulgaria to oversee the repairs of a road, partly financed by the Bank. Photo by BGNES

The President of the World Bank Robert B. Zoellick and Bulgaria’s Minister of Regional Development, Rosen Pleveneliev, are visiting Monday the road project connecting the Bulgarian Black Sea capital Varna and the city of Dobrich.

The road is being repaired under a program for Rehabilitation of Road Infrastructure and is co-financed b with a World Bank Loan. The Varna-Dobrich segment is part of Lot 3 of the project with a cost of BGN 5.5 M.

The loan has also been used for the purchase of measuring tools and equipment for the Central Institute for Road Technologies, National and European Standards. Two of them will be demonstrated during the Monday visit.

Zoellick will travel with Plevenliev as part of his visit to Bulgaria, Moldova, and Latvia on August 9 – 13 to meet with government leaders, business people, think tanks, civil society, visit projects and discuss development issues and the impact of the global economic crisis.

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