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10.03.2012 15:42
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EBRD will lend up to EUR 44 million sovereign loan to the government of the Macedonia for the financing for the rehabilitation of 30.8 km (Section 1) of Corridor VIII in the east of the country. This section starts at the northern end of Kumanovo station up to Beljakovce station. The Ministry of Transport and Communication is responsible for infrastructure management and will be the Client and implementation agency for this project, while the loan is likely to be direct to the government of the FYR Macedonia represented by the Ministry of Finance.
This investment will be for the first phase of the total investment programme of EUR 477 million, which is the funding required for completion of the entire eastern part of the Corridor VIII. The eastern part of Corridor VIII of 88.2 km in length starts from Kumanovo via Beljakovce and Kriva Palanka to Dave Bair, which is located on the Macedonian/Bulgarian border. This eastern part of the Corridor has been divided into three sections:
- Section 1: Kumanovo to Beljakovce (30.8 km);
- Section 2: Beljakovce to Kriva Palanka (34 km) ;
- Section 3: Kriva Palanka to Bulgarian Border (23.4 km)
The corridor and alignment for section 1 was established in the 1950's and was previously operational until the mid 1990's. Works will include track replacement, stations and replacement of 17 level crossings with 7 over/underpasses. The existing railway bridge over the Pcinja River will be replaced by a new construction located upstream of the existing one.
The design and construction of a railway line between Sofia and Skopje started in the end of the 19. century with the construction of the Radomir-Kyustendil line in Bulgaria. The final works in Bulgaria are in 1945 when the construction of the Deve bair tunnel is stopped. It should be 2350 m long, but only several hundred meters have been drilled.
The railway line between Sofia and Skopje is an important part of Corridor 8, which links the Italian ports Bari and Brindisi, the Albanian Durres and Vlora with the Bulgarian Varna and Bourgas.
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