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Cabinet releases 5M leva for Plovdiv Airport expansion

Mon, Dec 15 2008 13:55 CET

byNick Iliev

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Bulgarian Government has decided to allocate five million leva for the expansion of and construction on Plovdiv Airport, Stroitelstvo Gradut weekly reported on December 15. The money will compensate the lost European Union funding frozen by the European Commission.

As part of the programme for the modernisation of the airport, undertaken by civilian air traffic agency of the Transport Ministry, the existing terminal is to be expanded in size and capacity, which will happen along with the thorough re-construction and re-installation of the electric supply system and the lighting system, as well as the installation of a new water supply network.

The total costs of the three projects is 21 million leva. The five million have been allocated for the initial stage, which will begin at the end of December 2008. The deadline for all work to be completed is June 2009.

Currently, two public tenders have been finalised and the companies responsible for the execution of the project have been selected and are due to commence work. The third procedure for the selection of the third company is to be finalised by December 20.

The new terminal in Plovdiv must be built by June 2009, boosting the capacity of processed arrivals and departures to 1000 per hour. The funds needed for the new terminal have been estimated at 15 million leva, and have been secured by the airport's majority owner, Plovdiv Airport EAD, which signed a contract with Plovdiv-based company Arkont-A OOD to design the new terminal.

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