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Summary sheet

Release date
17 June 2014
Status
Reference
Approved | 08/09/2014
20140141
Project name
Promoter - financial intermediary
SOFIA NORTHERN SPEED TANGENT
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AGENCY
Proposed EIB finance (Approximate amount)
Total cost (Approximate amount)
EUR 16 million
EUR 110 million
Location
Sector(s)
Description
Objectives

The Sofia Northern Speed Tangent (SNST) is a 2x3 motorway shortcutting the Sofia Ring Road north of the city. The SNST has a total length of 16.46 km. It requires the construction of five major interchanges and various bridges and structures as well as the relocation of several gas pipelines and high voltage electricity lines. The project is in line with the Sofia Municipality Development Plan and will connect three major motorways (previously financed by the Bank: Trakia, Lyulin and Hemus) to the new motorway from Sofia to Kalotina at the Serbian border. The project will be implemented by the Road Infrastructure Agency. The project is located on a Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) network and co-financed by the EU Cohesion Fund.

The new motorway sections will reduce congestion and traffic through the Sofia City centre and will improve urban mobility and safety. The project will increase traffic speeds and thus contribute to travel time and operating cost savings.

Environmental aspects
Procurement

The motorway project falls under Annex I 7b of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive 2011/92/EU for which an EIA is mandatory. The Competent Authority approved the EIA (Decision Number 6-3/2011) which describes corrective measures to mitigate the residual environmental impacts. The nearest NATURA 2000 protected sites are; (i) Dolni Bogrov – Kazichene (BG0002004) locate at 1 km eastbound of the end of the project and the (ii) Chelopechene Fish-ponds (BG0002114) located at some 3 km north to the end of the project. The Competent Authority concluded that the project is not likely to exert a significant negative impact on natural habitats, populations and habitats of species subject to conservation.

The project has been procured by the Road Infrastructure Agency (RIA) and contracts have been awarded through international open tenders in accordance with the Directive 2004/18/EC.

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Before financing approval by the Board of Directors, and before loan signature, projects are under appraisal and negotiation. The information and data provided on this page are therefore indicative.
They are provided for transparency purposes only and cannot be considered to represent official EIB policy (see also the Explanatory notes).

Documents

Non-Technical Summary (NTS) - Report on EIA of North Speed Tangent Sofia
Publication Date
9 Sep 2014
Document language
Main Topic
Lending
Document Number
51983244
Document Focus
Environmental Information
Project Number
20140141
Sector(s)
Regions
Countries
Publicly available
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Environmental and Social Data Sheet (ESDS) - SOFIA NORTHERN SPEED TANGENT (FWL 20060411)
Publication Date
18 Nov 2014
Document language
Main Topic
Lending
Document Number
56105669
Document Focus
Environmental Information
Project Number
20140141
Sector(s)
Regions
Countries
Publicly available
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Environmental and Social Completion Sheet (ESCS) - SOFIA NORTHERN SPEED TANGENT (FWL 20060411)
Publication Date
1 Jan 2019
Document language
Main Topic
Lending
Document Number
83948315
Document Focus
Environmental Information
Project Number
20140141
Sector(s)
Regions
Countries
Publicly available
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