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In photos: First sod ceremony on Trakia Highway

Mon, May 03 2010 17:00 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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In photos: First sod ceremony on Trakia Highway

Photo: Anelia Nikolova

In photos: First sod ceremony on Trakia Highway

Regional Development Minister Rossen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov

Photo: Anelia Nikolova

In photos: First sod ceremony on Trakia Highway

Photo: Anelia Nikolova

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose campaign promises in 2009 included the completion of three highways by the end of his term in 2013, attended on May 3 the first sod ceremony on the construction of the Trakia Highway stretch between Nova Zagora and Stara Zagora.

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Anonymous why Tue, May 04 2010 14:49 CET
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Why is it i see brand new machines in this picture? Is biggest part of the money to be payed for the roads going into machines? Why not find a company that already has enough machines to do the job so more roads could be build with the same money??
Or is it just me being an idiot?


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