Development of the River Danube for better connectivity of the Euroregion Ruse-Giurgiu with Pan-European transport corridor №7

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Romania - Bulgaria

Date of latest update: 2024-03-26

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Description (EN):

Ruse municipality and Giurgiu municipality, in partnership, created this project to be with focus on establishment of measures for well-connected common cross-border region with safety transport on waterways. The project presents a complex of activities, which are addressing to ensure safety transport through the improvement of waterways in Danube river. Thus a better water infrastructure will be achieved which is pledge for overcoming the unsatisfactory condition of the current one. Overview of the total area The partners aim to achieve the overall objective through implementation of measures as follows: 1. Giurgiu Municipality will implement construction of a quay in Giurgiu municipality, through arrangement of a sector of Channel Sfantul Gheorghe, near the natural link with Danube, in order to improve connectivity with the pan-European corridor for waterway transport. 2. Ruse Municipality will realize rehabilitation of the piers of the passenger terminal Ruse center and improving the navigation conditions of the three berths. Thus a revitalization of the transport water infrastructure between Giurgiu and Ruse will be achieved. These main activities will result in establishment of good conditions for safety transport through the improvement of waterways in between the partners. The estimated project budget is 7 973 261,83euro.

Achievements (EN):

LB’s technical design was elaborated in June 2017 and the works execution have been also awarded since September 2017. The building permit was granted in August 2018 by the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works. The construction works in Ruse started in September 2018 and their progress has reached 100% and were completed in May 2020. The official commencement and putting in use of the investment objective “Rehabilitation of the piers of the passenger terminal Ruse center and improving the navigation conditions of the three berths” was held on 02.03.2021. B2 awarded the contract for technical design elaboration, works execution and technical assistance by the Designer at the end of May 2018. The works execution in Giurgiu is ongoing restarted since the beginning of October 2021 and about 81% of the works have been executed. Following the restarting of the investment execution in October 2021, the works were focused on the quay with concrete slab pear and the lifting ramp, which are used in the case of repairs carried out at the workshop within the port or for their preservation during the winter. Works on the access road to the port platform and preparatory works for the re-establishment of administrative buildings were also carried out. The Joint Strategy for improving the Navigation Safety in the Lower Danube was also developed in a close consultation of the responsible authorities and stakeholders, and the two beneficiaries have undertaken efforts to ensure their official commitment for involvement in the Strategy implementation. The project beneficiaries decided to publish the Joint Strategy and related documents on the official websites of the Municipality of Ruse and Municipality of Giurgiu. Additionally, actions are foreseen to be taken for informing of the related stakeholders that took part in the development process in order to ensure, that the strategy and related documents are easily accessible for use.

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Expected Results (EN): R1.2 - % of the RO-BG CBC Danube length and Black Sea where safety of the navigation have been improved

Expected Outputs (EN): 438 km is the total RO-BG CBC Danube length. The distance - object of the current project is 8 km, which includes the length of the canal SF. GHEORGHE, Giurgiu and the diagonal distance between the ports of Giurgiu and Ruse municipalities. 1,83 % of the RO-BG CBC Danube length.

Thematic information

Waterways, lakes and rivers Improving transport connections

Specific Objective: Increase transport safety on waterways and maritime transport routes

Thematic Objective: (07) promoting sustainable transport and removing bottlenecks in key network infrastructures by:

Investment Priority: (07c) developing and improving environmentally-friendly (including low-noise) and low-carbon transport systems, including inland waterways and maritime transport, ports, multimodal links and airport infrastructure, in order to promote sustainable regional and local mobility

Partners (2)

Lead Partner: Община Русе / Obshtina Ruse

Department: Mayor

Address: “Svoboda” Sq. 6, 7000 Ruse, Bulgaria

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ruse-bg.eu

Total budget: EUR 4 605 429.69

ERDF budget: EUR 3 914 615.24

Primăria Municipiului Giurgiu/ P.M.G.

Name: Primăria Municipiului Giurgiu/ P.M.G.

Department: Mayor

Address: București Street 49-51, 80047 Giurgiu, Romania

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.primariagiurgiu.ro

Total budget: EUR 2 744 533.37

ERDF budget: EUR 2 332 853.36

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Development of the River Danube for better connectivity of the Euroregion Ruse-Giurgiu with Pan-European transport corridor №7

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Development of the River Danube for better connectivity of the Euroregion Ruse-Giurgiu with Pan-European transport corridor №7

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Project name (EN): Development of the River Danube for better connectivity of the Euroregion Ruse-Giurgiu with Pan-European transport corridor №7

Project acronym: BETTER CONNECTED EUROREGION RUSE-GIURGIU

Project start date: 2017-05-12

Project end date: 2023-11-11

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 7 349 963.06

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 6 247 468.60

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 6 247 468.60.

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Romania - Bulgaria

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-06-29

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

169 / 169 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

445 / 445 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (https://interregrobg.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-25, 2023-01-25 and 2024-03-15.

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Development of the River Danube for better connectivity of the Euroregion Ruse-Giurgiu with Pan-European transport corridor №7

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