The Super Borovets project starts with the construction of a new gondola lift to the region of Markudjik at a cost of fifteen million euros. In three years’ time Sofia citizens will need only 35 minutes to reach the ski runs in the winter resort of Borovets, because this is the deadline for the construction of the Rila Highway, which will connect Sofia with the town of Samokov. “The Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works has already commissioned experts to work out the project for the highway,” said Glavbolgarstroy CEO Simeon Peshov. Simeon Peshov, Georgi Krumov, managing partner in the Equest Investment Fund, and Minister of Regional Development and Public Works Assen Gagauzov turned the first sod at the construction site of the 9km long gondola lift to the ski runs in the locality of Markujik, which is part of the Super Borovets Project. Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev and Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Leader of the National Movement for Stability and Progress, attended the ceremony. The Rila Highway will start from the Rila Mountain and will pass through Samokov, Vakarel and Vitinya. The eighty-kilometer-long highway will be connected with the highways Trakia, Hemus and Struma. “The investors in Super Borovets already show interest in the highway’s concession,” Simeon Peshov said. 15million euros have already been provided for the construction of the gondola lift to Markujik. The money will be invested in the construction of the lift and an adjacent parking lot. The construction of the lift and the parking lot should be ready by the opening of the next ski season. Rila-Samokov 2004 JSC will pour over half a billion euro in the project.
Source: Standart News