NAVY–T WAY (ROBG–478)
Improving safety of navigability on Danube River in the Calarasi – Silistra cross – border region
What’s the goal?
To improve the infrastructure on the both sides of the Danube river in order to maintain the navigability on the Danube.
What’s the budget?
5,946,041.76 euro, out of which 5.054.135.48 euro ERDF
Who is doing it?
Lead Beneficiary (LB): Territorial Administrative Unit – Calarasi County
Beneficiary 2 (B2): Silistra Municipality
Beneficiary 3 (B3): Territorial Administrative Unit – Calarasi Town
When is it happening?
Start date: 30.03.2019
End date: 15.10.2024 (since the beneficiaries needed additional time for the complete completion of the investment objective achieved by Beneficiary 3 in Borcea Arm and for the operationalization of the navigation system through the full use of the created infrastructure, the project was included on the list of non-functional projects, with a new deadline for completion on 15.10.2024).
Duration: 66 months and 16 days
Where is it happening?
Silistra in Bulgaria
Calarasi in Romania
How is it going to happen?
- Strategies and action plans to improve the safety of the navigation on the Danube;
- Works in Calarasi County – to facilitate the direct access of the boat owners from one community to another, offering an open area of navigation on the inside Borcea arm;
- Works in Silistra District – rehabilitation of Riverside fortification walls;
- Promotional activities focus on providing project information, transparency and effective communication with stakeholders, as well as presenting the results of project activities and target groups and local stakeholders working in the cross-border region;
- The transport waterway between Calarasi and Silistra will be improved by installing beacons on 5 km inland waterway on the Borcea – secondary arm of Danube. Two river station will be developed, one for each side of the Danube. Two river buses of medium size will be purchase for passengers transportation.
What will be the results (what’s the contribution to the Programme)?
Programme outputs: Total length of new and improved inland waterway – 11 km;
Programme results: 2.34 % of the RO-BG CBC Danube length and Black Sea where safety of the navigation have been improved.
Project status
The project implementation period was completed on 31.12.2023, but due to the fact that, the investment works were not completed, the project was included on the list of non-functional projects, with a new completion date of 15.10.2024.
The following results have been reported so far:
LB – The contract for the technical design was signed (investments for Borcea arm). The Start Order for elaboration of the Technical Project was issued in the middle of November 2020. The development of the Technical Project together with all obtained permits was completed in the end of March 2021. In addition, contract for the purchase of an Amphibious was signed and the respective equipment was officially receipted and tested by the LB in the end of November 2023, still being in process of registration under Romanian flag and for obtaining the Registration certificate.
B2 – Based on the received permission for construction, B2 started the works execution in Port of Silistra in the end of May 2023 and finalize it in the end of December 2023. Furthermore, B2 succeed to sign also a contract for delivery of a Catamaran for 28 passengers, which was officially delivered and tested from B2 in the middle of November 2023 and is also in regime of testing along the Danube waters. The final reception of the works execution in Port Silistra took place on 31.07.2024.
B3 - LB has started the procedures to clear the land of the investment, demolishing the existing constructions on site. A contract for execution of the construction works in Borcea arm was signed in November 2021 and the Start Order for works execution was issued in the middle of December 2021. So far, the works execution level as a percentage has reached approximate 92%.
