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project info
Start date: 17 August 2016
End date: 31 December 2021
funding
Fund: European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Total budget: 38 802 558,00 €
EU contribution: 32 982 174,30 € (85%)
programme
Programming period: 2014-2020
Managing authority: Ministry of Economy, Infrastructures, Shipping and Tourism - Special Service "Managing the `European Territorial Cooperation` Objective Programmes"
© Egnatia Odos SA (2020)
© Egnatia Odos SA (2020)

Aiming at Improving Cross - Border Accessibility

The Project concerns the construction of approximately 3.3 km of the road section «Dimario – GR/BG Border» on the Egnatia Odos Vertical Axis 70 «Xanthi – Ehinos – GR/BG Border» from ch. 12+820 to ch. 16+147. This road section includes 6 bridges of total length 651.00m, 1 single bore tunnel of length 150 m. This sub-project is part of the project Dimario - GR/BG Border, of 8 km total length (programme indicator), that is being funded by two additional operational programmes, i.e. ROP of East Macedonia and Thrace and OP Transport Infrastructure, Environment, and Sustainable Development. Sub-PROJECT 2, implemented by P2, Upgrading the Road II-86 – Srednogortsi-Rudozem and bypass of Rudozem; Newly constructed Rudozem bypass will facilitate the access to the new BCCP Rudozem-Xanthi and the existing infrastructure will be upgraded.Construction of the new BCCP Dimario-Rudozem which is of a great economic importance for both countries. It executes the Agreement between the government of the Republic of Bulgaria and the government of the Greek Republic to open three new border checkpoints and road links between the two countries. The TEN-T network must be paid special attention due to the fact that it already includes the section Plovdiv-Smolyan-Rudozem-border of Xanthi. Upgrading the existing complementary road infrastructure –The Road II-59 – Momchilgrad-Ivaylovgrad.

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