/ world today news/ The section of the Struma highway between Dupnitsa and Blagoevgrad, the completion of which should be completed by October 20 of this year, will not have a direct exit to the Rila Monastery, experts said.
In order to get to the holy monastery, when coming from Sofia, from the highway, he must get off at the “Boboshevo” road junction and use the old road to reach Kocherinovo and from there take the road to the Rila Monastery, reports in. Labor”. When coming from Greece, he must pass through the exit for the village of Barakovo and thus reach Kocherinovo. In both cases, the road is extended by about 5 kilometers.
The project for the highway, prepared years ago, made this serious mistake – the highway simply goes under the E-79 main road and thus passes the branch for the Rila Monastery, which is a national tourist site.
Yesterday, the road agency requested a written question to answer within a few days what the reason was. However, the project for this section is the work of the road agency itself, not the builder who simply executed it.
The same almost happened to Petrich, who was about to be passed by the highway. In this section, however, the agency felt it in time and for BGN 1.5 million, given additionally from the budget, they designed a road junction at the last moment so that Petrich has direct access to the highway.
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