September 9 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria will finish the construction of the first section of Europe motorway by the middle of November, prime minister Boyko Borissov said on Wednesday.
This is the first lot of the 48 kilometre long Europe motorway that would connect Sofia to Kalotina crossing at the border with Serbia, Borissov said in a video file published on his Facebook profile.
In November 2018, the government's Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) signed a 137.5 million levs ($83.1 million/70.3 million euro) contract for the construction of the first lot, 14.5 km in length. The section, linking Kalotina checkpoint to Dragoman road junction, is being built by a consortium comprising the Bulgarian and Polish units of Austria's Strabag, and Bitumina GmbH – Bulgaria, a subsidiary of Austria's Bitumina.
Last year, the RIA signed a 97.8 million levs contract with local company GBS Infrastrukturno Stroitelstvo for the construction of a further 17 km of Europe motorway.
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)