Construction of Vidin - Kalafat bridge across the Danube to start in spring 2007

The bridge on the Danube, between Vidin, in Bulgaria, and Kalafat, in Romania, will be of immense economic significance for the three border regions of Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania and its construction will start in spring 2007 - it was said at the first meeting dedicated to the realization of an interregional study “Bridge on the Danube Vidin – Kalafat”, which is held in Gamzigradska Banja spa, near Zaječar.

The value of the aforementioned investments is 270 million EUR and the project will be financed by European Union. This project is expected to engage about a thousand people, because shopping and office buildings will be built in the vicinity of the bridge.

The aim of the construction of the bridge is to connect the three countries that encompass six regions – Zaječar and Bor in Serbia, Vidin and Montana in Bulgaria and Dolj and Mehedince in Romania.

It is expected that the transport of goods through this region should become much better and, by 2010, the border will be annually crossed by 2,300 trains, 80,000 international trucks and 100,000 other vehicles.