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Road Infrastructure Agency will pay half of the money owed to road builders

Road workers blocked roads in protests over unpaid 18.5m euros last week. The authorities were unable to pay for past road work due to a 2021 decision by a caretaker government and construction companies refused to do any work before they are paid.
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Bulgarian National Assembly authorised the Road Infrastructure Agency to pay from its budget 50% of the amounts it owes to road builders. The decision was taken with a majority vote supported by the parties in the government coalition.

The other half of the money under the contracts signed for road repairs and maintenance will be paid out after an inter-agency committee audits and approves the work done, and its report is approved by Parliament.

"Isn't it embarrassing for you, colleagues from GERB, to talk about the roads, given that they have become a byword for corruption over the past 12 years?" asked Transport Committee chairman Borislav Gutsanov during the heated debate.




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