Thursday, December 3, 2009

NGOs met Deputy Minsiter of Transport on Struma Motorway

Representatives of Green Policy Institute, Za Zemiata, CEIE, Balkani Wildlife Society and Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds (BirdLife Bulgaria) met this afternoon with Ivaylo Moskovski, Deputy Minsiter of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications. The main topic was the development of Lot 3 of Struma Motorway which has to go trough Kresna gorge - one of the most valuable areas of Bulgarian nature.

The other issues discussed include Bulgaria's Transport sector strategy and construction of the Trakia Motorway.

Mr. Moskovski offered full support ot the initiatives of NGOs, which would speed up the process of foundation of a steering committee for Struma Motorway as agreed with the European Commission two years ago. The other initiatives would help to overcome some nature protection problems around Trakia Motorway and would support public participation in the development of the Transport sector strategy.

Petko Kovatchev of GPI took the responcibility to draft the founding principles of the steering committee and after a short discussion within "Save Kresna gorge" NGOs coalition they will be presented to the respective ministries and agencies for further development of the process.

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