Balgarianovinite.com Regional Development and Public Works Minister Ivan Shishkov presented information at a press conference Monday on signed contracts for major repairs to the Hemus Motorway, the Vidin-Botevgrad road, and the maintenance of Bulgaria’s national road network.
Shishkov said that public procurement procedures for road repairs and construction projects are currently under way. He pledged that much stricter oversight would be exercised from now on.
According to the minister, one positive trend in recent years has been the increasing number of contracts signed for major road repairs, accompanied by the preparation of project documentation. He said that around 30 contracts for major road repairs have already been signed. However, he stressed that “these are not our contractors, but those we inherited”. He added that the ministry had also inherited ongoing public procurement procedures at various stages of implementation. According to Shishkov, once a public procurement procedure has begun, the only practical option is to see it through to completion. Attempting to terminate such contracts would only delay repairs, lead to further deterioration of the roads and increase costs.
The minister also said that state-owned company Avtomagistrali has won three contracts for the maintenance of Bulgaria’s motorways. After signing contracts with subcontractors in 2024, the company soon concluded additional agreements with further subcontractors. According to Shishkov, this appeared unusual. He noted that over the years he had submitted numerous reports to the prosecution service concerning irregularities in road construction and said he expected it to take action to establish how advance payments for road repair and construction projects was spent. Regional Minister Vows Tighter Oversight of Road Repair Contracts 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-07-20 11:02:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
