Bulgarian road deals being planned

A series of road rebuilding and improvement works is being planned in Bulgaria. A consortium will handle the €152.4 million contract to reconfigure a 30km stretch of road connecting Vidin with Botevgrad. The consortium is made up of the Bulgarian firms PST Sofia, PST Group, Nivel Stroy, PST Vidin, and Patengineering-M. Meanwhile the tendering process is open for the Barovo Bypass project, which is expected to be worth €136.6 million. This project is complex and includes building a 7.6km stretch of road, imp
November 1, 2019 Read time: 1 min

A series of road rebuilding and improvement works is being planned in Bulgaria. A consortium will handle the €152.4 million contract to reconfigure a 30km stretch of road connecting Vidin with Botevgrad. The consortium is made up of the Bulgarian firms PST Sofia, PST Group, Nivel Stroy, PST Vidin, and Patengineering-M. Meanwhile the tendering process is open for the Barovo Bypass project, which is expected to be worth €136.6 million. This project is complex and includes building a 7.6km stretch of road, improving a 2.9km road section and also building five tunnels, with a combined length of 4km. 

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