Regional Development Minister Ivan Shishkov said during a question-and-answer session of the parliamentary regional policy committee that, according to the preliminary information available to him, there were no problems with road markings or the condition of the road surface on the section of the Trakia Motorway where a chain reaction accident claimed 11 lives occurred.
“The preliminary information I have received, which was also mentioned by our colleagues from the Road Infrastructure Agency, indicates that there are no issues with either the road markings or the condition of the road surface on this section of the motorway,” the minister said.
In response to a question, he outlined the government’s priorities for developing the country’s key road infrastructure. Among these, the minister highlighted the Hemus Motorway, which he said remains an absolute priority for the state, the Vidin–Botevgrad expressway, the Black Sea Motorway, the Ruse–Makaza corridor, the tunnel under Mount Petrohan, and the completion of the Struma Motorway.
Minister Shishkov stressed that road infrastructure must not only be physically completed but also equipped with intelligent transportation systems capable of providing drivers with early warnings of potential hazards—systems that are currently lacking.
“Despite the tragedy on the Trakia Motorway, I believe that all the experts who commented today agree that motorways are the safest roads to drive on. This means that, in order to improve road safety, we must, of course, build all these motorways and equip them with modern technologies so that drivers can be alerted whenever such dangerous situations arise,” the minister stated.
It transpired during the meeting that a tender is being prepared for the design and construction of an intelligent transportation system on the Trakia Motorway. Funding for the project has been included as a priority in the draft budget for next year, which was submitted before Tuesday’s pile-up occurred, Minister Ivan Shishkov.
“Work is currently underway on preparing the technical specifications so that the design and development of this system can be commissioned. To be more specific, you will see that this project has been included in the 2027 budget, which was submitted before yesterday’s tragic incident. In other words, this is an exceptionally high priority,” the minister stated.
Shishkov explained that the project to develop an Intelligent Transportation System under the Operational Programme Transport and Transport Infrastructure (2014–2020) was launched as early as the end of 2016. Contracts worth more than BGN 7 million were signed in connection with the project in 2018 and 2020.
The minister noted that the system was neither completed nor delivered on time, adding that the funds had effectively been lost. The contract was subsequently terminated by mutual agreement in April 2022.
The committee meeting began with a one-minute silence in memory of those killed in the two multiple-vehicle pile-ups on the Trakia Motorway on Tuesday. Minister Shishkov expressed his condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims.

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