Protest of residents of four Sofia neighborhoods near the Northern Tangent. They insist that the connections with the Sofia Ring Road be completed. They point out that almost 10 years have passed since the construction of the Northern Tangent, but they still do not have access to it, bTV reported.
According to them, mayors and chief architects of Sofia have promised that the project for the connections of their neighborhoods will be completed. Once again this year, the design of the road connections of the Northern Tangent with “Iliyantsi“ Boulevard and “Lazar Mihaylov“ Boulevard is missing from the investment program of the Sofia Municipality, proposed by the mayor.
This means that the construction of these road connections will not begin next year either.
At the same time, the neighborhoods of „Benkovski“ and „Voenna rampa“ and the village of Kubratovo do not have any access to the tangent, even though they are right next to it.
Locals point out that due to the lack of these connections, many heavy trucks pass daily through the neighborhoods of „Malashevtsi“, „Orlandovtsi“ and „Benkovski“.
The protest has two main demands:
Construction of the road connections of the SST with „Iliyantsi“ Blvd. and „Lazar Mihaylov“ in the shortest possible time, with funds for design to be provided in the Sofia Municipality budget for 2025, so that construction can begin in 2026.
Stopping heavy truck traffic through “Malashevtsi“, “Orlandovtsi“ and “Benkovski“.