On Friday, traffic will be allowed in the repaired 10-kilometer section of the Trakia highway between the Chirpan-Knot road junction and the Chirpan-Iztok road junction, but another 23km of the highway will be closed until the summer. Facebook “Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.
The section that will be opened is part of a total of 16.5 km, which began to be renovated in February. In early April, the repair of the 6-kilometer route between the connection to the Maritsa Motorway and the Chirpan road junction was completed. The whole section has improved drainage, new asphalt pavement, guardrails, markings and signs, thanks to the builders and engineers who worked without a day off in both directions at the same time to restore the traffic in the section.
The repair of the next 23 km of the Trakia Motorway between Chirpan and Stara Zagora will continue tomorrow. Will both lanes of the highway will be closed, and for the convenience of travelers, detour routes are provided. The renovation should be completed at the beginning of the summer tourist season, “he wrote.
The construction activities are part of the gradual repair of the started in October last year a total of 52 km from the highway “Trakia” /from the 156th to the 208th km/. For several years, due to the folded lane and deep tracks, the speed there was limited to 90 km / h. The problem section was built in the period 2003 – 2007 by Joint Venture Ranway AD with contractor PSI Stara Zagora for BGN 104.7 million with VAT.
Prior to the repairs, drivers were traveling in the section at a limited speed of 90 km / h due to the unevenness of the road.
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