„Road E-79 from km 0 to km 31, in the section between the villages of Daskalovo and Dolna Dikanya, where the accident with the northern Macedonian bus took place, there is no Act 16.“
This was stated by the caretaker regional minister arch. Violeta Komitova, who presented the results of the inspection of the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works after the tragic incident last week.
Komitova explained that unfinished expropriation procedures are the reason for the lack of Act 16. In 2013, it was found that the road does not have the dimensions of a highway. In reality, according to the project, the speed limit there should be 90 km/h. Despite the facts, the speed is still raised to 120 km/h.
Arch. Violeta Komitova still found that the pavement is quite good, and the marking is something that is periodically renewed. The ministry has a contract from last year with two companies engaged in this work.
As of the date of the accident, „only the centerline has been completed, with a 6-month delay in the implementation of the marking“.
The companies in question were supposed to put up signs as well. There is a sign for a speed of 120 kilometers per hour. Its visibility indicators „were above the permissible“, added arch. Komitova.
