Traffic Management Plan Ro-Bg 132
MABAL–T (ROBG–510)
Improving the connection of tertiary nodes Mangalia and Balchik to TEN-T infrastructure
What’s the goal?
The general objective of the project is to create the road infrastructure in Mangalia and Balcic representing direct connections to the TEN-T.
What’s the budget?
7,049,095. 87 euro, out of which 5,991,731. 48 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Territorial Administrative Unit – Mangalia Municipality
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Balchik Municipality
When is it happening?
Start date: 04.04.2019/ End date: 03.10.2022/ Duration: 42 months
Where is it happening?
Mangalia in Romania
Balchik in Bulgaria
How is it going to happen?
- Development of 4 common mechanisms, namely route guide, feasibility study aimed at cross-border transport, traffic safety measures and awareness-raising activities;
- Modernization of 7.83 km of road infrastructure in Mangalia;
- Modernization of 8.62 km of road infrastructure in Balchik.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Program achievements: 16,450 m (16.45 km) total length of reconstructed or modernized roads; 4 common mechanisms to facilitate the connection of secondary / tertiary nodes to the TEN-T infrastructure (e.g. route guidance, incident / emergency detection and management, traffic flow studies, feasibility studies addressing the cross-border region);
Project status
The project is completed.
The project was completed on 03.10.2022.
BL (Territorial Administrative Unit - Mangalia Municipality) - "Improving the road infrastructure in Mangalia for a better connection to the TEN-T network" includes 17 city streets with a total length of 7.83 km. The contract for the execution of the works was signed on 12.12.2019 and on 23.12.2019 the order to start the works was issued.
The construction works for the objective - "Improving the road infrastructure in Mangalia for a better connection to the TEN-T network" were completed on 04.10.2022, according to the Reception Protocol at the end of the works no. 74841 of 04.10.2022.
Although the project was completed, during the special monitoring visit on 11.04..2024, the following were found:
- A number of 4 streets out of a total of 17 streets (16,450 m) are affected by the works carried out by RAJA (replacement of water pipes and sewerage).
- These streets are: Dr Motas street., Mihai Viteazu street., Oituz str. and Negru Voda street.
The modernized streets are currently affected by the works carried out by RAJA SA for works on the water and sewage network. After the completion of the works, the streets will be brought to the initial stage of modernization, prior to the intervention of RAJA SA.
B2 (Municipality of Balcic): "Modernization of road infrastructure in Balcic in order to improve connectivity to the TEN-T network" - 8.62 km
All construction activities have been completed. All necessary documents according to the Bulgarian spatial planning law have been issued and signed by all relevant parties for all three sections:
I. "Rehabilitation of municipal road DOB1149 /I-9, Kavarna-Balcic/- Topola- Ikantalaka- municipality limit (Kavarna- Balcic)- Tuzlata- Balcic- Albena / I-9 /, from km 4 + 500, to the municipality limit (Kavarna - Balcic), at km 10+020, at the intersection with Road II-27 from the city of Balcic – L=5 520 m ” - Protocol of reception of the executed works, issued on 28.08.2020;
II. "Rehabilitation of municipal road DOB 3160 - /DOB 1149, Topola - Balcic / - municipality limit (Kavarna - Balcic) - Tuzlata - /DOB 1149/" from km 2+170 to km 4+083 – L=1 913 m - Protocol of reception of the executed works, issued on 10.03.2020;
III. "Rehabilitation of a part of the street network of the city of Balcic, for which the Protocol of reception of the works executed on 01.09.2020 was issued, including:
- "Primorska" street section from OT77 to OT118, L = 400 m;
- turnaround for buses on "Primorska" street, F = 1,400 m2;
- a crossroads between "Primorska" and "Cherno more" streets;
- the section of "Cherno More" street from OT37 to OT308, L = 790 m."
NAVY–T WAY (ROBG–478)
Improving safety of navigability on Danube River in the Calarasi – Silistra cross – border region
What’s the goal?
To improve the infrastructure on the both sides of the Danube river in order to maintain the navigability on the Danube.
What’s the budget?
5,946,041.76 euro, out of which 5.054.135.48 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Territorial Administrative Unit – Calarasi County
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Silistra Municipality
Beneficiary 3 (B3): Territorial Administrative Unit – Calarasi Town
When is it happening?
Start date: 30.03.2019
End date: 31.05.2024
Duration: 62 months and 2 days
Where is it happening?
Silistra in Bulgaria
Calarasi in Romania
How is it going to happen?
- Strategies and action plans to improve the safety of the navigation on the Danube;
- Works in Calarasi County – to facilitate the direct access of the boat owners from one community to another, offering an open area of navigation on the inside Borcea arm;
- Works in Silistra District – rehabilitation of Riverside fortification walls;
- Promotional activities focus on providing project information, transparency and effective communication with stakeholders, as well as presenting the results of project activities and target groups and local stakeholders working in the cross-border region;
- The transport waterway between Calarasi and Silistra will be improved by installing beacons on 5 km inland waterway on the Borcea – secondary arm of Danube. Two river station will be developed, one for each side of the Danube. Two river buses of medium size will be purchase for passengers transportation.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: Total length of new and improved inland waterway – 11 km;
Programme results: 2.34 % of the RO-BG CBC Danube length and Black Sea where safety of the navigation have been improved.
Project status
The project implementation period was completed on 31.12.2023, but due to the fact that, the investment works were not completed, the project was included on the list of non-functional projects, with a new completion date of 31.05.2024.
The following results have been reported so far:
LB – The contract for the technical design was signed (investments for Borcea arm). The Start Order for elaboration of the Technical Project was issued in the middle of November 2020. The development of the Technical Project together with all obtained permits was completed in the end of March 2021. In addition, contract for the purchase of an Amphibious was signed and the respective equipment was officially receipted and tested by the LB in the end of November 2023.
B2 – Based on the received permission for construction, B2 started the works execution in Port of Silistra in the end of May 2023 and finalize it in the end of December 2023, still in process of official reception. Furthermore, B2 succeed to sign also a contract for delivery of a Catamaran for 28 passengers, which was officially delivered and tested from B2 in the middle of November 2023.
B3 - LB has started the procedures to clear the land of the investment, demolishing the existing constructions on site. A contract for execution of the construction works in Borcea arm was signed in November 2021 and the Start Order for works execution was issued in the middle of December 2021. So far, the works execution level as a percentage has reached approximate 80%.
