Bulgarian PM: Construction of Hemus Highway to Start 2014

Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov expressed concern Sunday in Varna about the lack of investments in Bulgaria's ports and vowed to improve infrastructure in the country. Photo by BGNES.

The Bulgarian government will do everything possible to start construction of the Hemus Highway by 2014, said PM Boyko Borisov.

Borisov was speaking during a visit to Port Varna-West on the Bulgarian northern Black Sea coast, accompanied by Minister of Finance Simeon Djankov, reported BGNES.

He reiterated promises that the Trakiya Highway, connecting Sofia with Burgas on Bulgaria’s southern Black Sea coast, will be completed by mid-2012.

Recently Borisov’s cabinet revived the idea for building the frozen Hemus Highway, set to connect capital Sofia with Varna on the northern Black Sea coast. The idea is that money from the European Regional Development Fund be used for the project.

Sunday PM Borisov expressed frustration that during the “last 20 years” nothing has been done to further Bulgaria’s transport infrastructure and make it a transportation center for the region.

He was especially referring to the state of Bulgaria’s maritime and river ports, such as Varna and Burgas, as well as Lom and Russe on the Danube river.

Borisov even expressed supsicion that the development of Bulgarian ports has been intentionally suppressed.

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