The European Center for Transport Policies (ECTP) insists on immediate action by the "Road Infrastructure" Agency (API)!
And no, it's not about resignations, it's about WORK! REAL WORK! There is no alternative to it!
Resignations after critical situations, such as the current one, is something that, as time has proven, is pure and simple avoidance of responsibility. And the appointment of the next ones, who ignore day after day with indifference, while people die or are injured on the roads.
That's why now we do NOT want resignations, but we are starting to demand that real work be done! We give 10 days, starting today, to the RIA management to indicate specific measures and deadlines for effective and meaningful actions regarding road sections for which dozens and hundreds of signals have been submitted in recent years,
such as:
- Zlatna Panega - Pleven - Byala (I-3);
- Botevgrad - Mezdra (I-1);
- Lom - Kozloduy (II-11);
- Byala Slatina - Iskar (II-13);
- "Hemus" A2 Highway;
- "Trakia" Highway A1;
- "Shipka" Tunnel I-5.
Of course, the above are just a crumb in the mountain of disgusting sections,
the consequences of whose condition are daily burdening each of us! Therefore, we will continue to demand with specificity - with indication of roads and deadlines for work!
In addition, we, ECTP, together with the "Angels on the Road" association, insist that we be accepted by the chairman of the RIA and that he commit to clear deadlines for actions to repair the roads.
We call on the entire society to join the ECTP appeal for real actions by the RIA in the next 10 days and beyond! We must together remain uncompromising towards inaction and not allow responsibility to be evaded again this time with a few resignations!
We also remind you that many other institutions in the Republic of Bulgaria are also responsible for road safety, and we will not let them down just because the focus is currently on the RIA. It is high time for everyone to understand that this time bureaucratic indifference will not be overlooked.