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Vidin Region disposes of relatively well organized water supply network with total length 1 725 km. The region is relatively supplied with drinking water, but the water supply system requires too much energy.
The water supply is carried out through pumps, gravitation and mixed, whereas 16% of the supplied water- through gravity, and 84%- through pumps. Great quantity of the drinking water for Vidin Region is ensured by underground water as there are surface water sources for Chuprene municipality. The total number of the water resources is 108.
The water- supply network, which is maintained by “Water Supply and Canalization”PLc- Vidin has been constructed since 1938 up to now. The life- time of the bigger part of the system has expired and it is already strongly amortized, which leads to a lot of damages. 47 % loss of water is calculated for 2003, as a part of it is due to amortized water supply network, and the rest of it due to water thefts and non covered consumers.
TRANSPORT NETWORKS
Vidin Region is 200 km away from the capital of Bulgaria– Sofia, with very good accessibility, and takes important place in the national and European transport system. This is determined by the availability well developed infrastructure– railway, automobile and water connections, which are main European corridors, ferryboat, cross border and railway transitions, available free trade zone etc. Two European corridors- №4 Krayova(Romania)- Vidin- Sofia- Kulata and №7 Rein- Main- Danube pass through the region.
Vidin Region is connected through automobile and road transport with all the towns and villages in the country and with the border checkpoints. A combined bridge will be constructed above the Danube river at Vidin- Kalafat, which will carry out the road and railway connection with the republic of Romania. Its construction will influence the transport infrastructure of the region and will contribute a lot for its economical development.
Street network
The street network in the populated places of Vidin Region is constructed with permanent road surface more than 25 years ago. The streets need rehabilitation, reconstruction and basic repair. The street network in the towns and villages without the municipality centers is strongly amortized and needs urgent current and medium repair.
Regarding the republican road network, according to the class of the road, the relative share of the total length for Vidin Region is 73%, as for the country it is 62, 1%, for the Northwestern region– 64, 1%. Vidin Region is in the first place by first class roads– 72, 3 km. /Vratsa-50km and Montana– 52km/. According to the type of road pavement in Vidin Region there roads: with asphalt road surface- 595кm, pavement– 1,3km. And broken rock road surface 14,6 km./ this represents 9,7% of all the roads with broken rock road surfacein Bulgaria and 55,6% of these in Northwestern Bulgaria /.
Border checkpoints
The following border checkpoints are situated on the territory of Vidin Region: Vrashka Chuka, Bregovo, Vidin – River Port and Vidin- Ferryboat.
Port Network
In the region of Vidin, along the right bank of Danube River, in the section between km. 785.000 and km. 795.000 “Port- Vidin” is located.
The port exploits four industrial regions:
Port Terminal North- located in North industrial zone from km 793.500 to km 793.700 of Danube river and is connected to the Republican road and railway infrastructure.
Auto ferryboat Terminal- it also is located in North Industrial Zone from km. 792.800 to km. 793.000. It services the ferryboat relation Vidin – Kalafat.
Port terminal Center- located in the central part of the city from km. 789.900 to km. 791.300.
Port terminal South – located in South Industrial Zone from кm. 785 to km. 785.200 and takes 48 000 m2 place.
Airport Vidin-the citizen airport is 6 km away from Vidin, it could take airplanes with useful load up to 50 tones.
Airport Vidin was built in 1973, purposed for flights of citizen flying vehicles- non- functioning at the moment.
Railroad network – Vidin Municipality is well- provided for the railway connections system. Railway Station- Vidin is one of the oldest stations in Bulgaria and its exploitation started in 1923. There are 6 railway stations on the territory of Vidin Region / Vidin, Vidbol, Sratsimir, Dimovo, Oreshets and Drenovets/ and 7 stops.
There is railroad to GIPS Plc- Koshava, which is only for loads.
In the project for Danube Bridge 2 and the adjoining infrastructure it is foreseen that for railway will be used a part of the road-bed Vidin - Koshava. A new Border Railway station is designed for freight trains. Reconstruction of the existing passengers railway station is fore seen to service the international and inner passenger traffic.
ELECTROENERGETIC NETWORKS
After the structural changes in the energetics in 2000. "Electrosnabdyavane" Vidin was separated to "Electrorazpredelenie-Pleven" JSC branch Vidin, NEC Enterprise "Networks High Tension" subreguon Vidin and water- power station- cascade Gorni Lom owned by “Runo- Kazanlak" JSC, Kazanlak. "Electrorazpredelenie-Pleven" JSC branch Vidin services 6 383 subscribers with economic activity and 79 989 public subscribers.
COMMUNICATION NETWORK
In modern society the development and improvement of the infrastructure of communication network is real guarantee for efficiency of the economy and indices for technological renovation.
Technological region "Dalekosaobshtenia" TRD – Vidin is in one of the first places in the country by density of the telephone posts. Of totally 142 populated places 134 have telephone lines. The places that do not have telephone lines are 8 – Dolni Boshnyak, Gaytantsi, Medovnitsa, Vartop, Bela, Skomlya, Vodnyantsi, Roglets. Internet operators, supplying internet access through the Bulgarian Telecomunication company network, are: Bankservice JSC, BТC JSC, and the Agency for regional development and Business Center– Vidin, "MediaNet" Ltd, "Digital Systems" Ltd. There is internet access in the most of the territory of the region.
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