New highway for airport Alexander the Great put into use

"TAV Macedonia" has completed its EUR 100 million investment in Macedonia by putting into use a new interchange for airport "Alexander the Great" on Saturday, thus enabling easier access to the airport.

"We are encircling a significant project that is of enormous benefit for our citizens, since the airport's overhaul has resulted in interest by many low-cost airlines, whereas turnover has increased", said Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski at the event.

Minister of Transport and Communications Mile Janakieski stressed the number of passengers at the Skopje-based airport vastly increased in 2011, whereas the trend has resumed this year.

"The number of passengers in the first quarter of 2012 has increased by 27 percent. I expect that subsidies for airlines will bring the number of passengers up to one million", said Janakieski.

The interchange investment was worth EUR 2,2 million, of which TAV provided EUR 1,5 million, whereas the remaining were allocated by the Government.

"TAV Macedonia" is the concessionaire of the Skopje and Ohrid airports for a period of 20 years

New Ilinden - Kalugerac highway opened

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski opened Saturday the reconstructed 19-km-long road section Ilinden-Kalugerac, which will improve the road inter-connection of the residents of Skopje settlements Kisela Voda, Ilinden and Sopiste.
The EUR2,3 million-project is part of the government's program for reconstruction of regional and local roads.
"The new government's program 2011-2015 attaches special attention to investing in new and reconstruction of a great number of existing roads, including Demir Kapija - Smokvica, Veles - Skopje, Skopje - Stip, Kumanovo - Kriva Palanka, Gostivar - Ohrid..., Gruevski said.State Road Agency Director Natasa Valkanovska said the project encompassed a reconstruction of 370 km of regional roads throughout Macedonia. The reconstruction of a total of 300 km has been already completed, she sad.Valkanovska also announced that in the next few months the agency would start preparing about 40 new projects for road construction and reconstruction, as well as for repairing the road signalization system across the country.