The Chamber of Motor Carriers warns of a dangerous pedestrian path on the ring road near Kazichene in Sofia.

In an open letter of the organization to the acting Prime Minister and the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works, it is insisted that an underpass or overpass be built in place of the footpath.

The hauliers are calling for the lane to be removed because it is dangerous, it is on an expressway and there have already been several accidents involving pedestrians.

The latest is from November 16, when a man died on the spot after being hit by a heavy truck, BTA reminds.

A pedestrian died after being hit by a truck on the Ring Road in Sofia

We witnessed another death on the road, again due to the negligence of those in power, the Chamber of Motor Carriers wrote.

It is most likely the only footpath on a three-lane international road, the hauliers add, pointing out that there is no footpath crossing an international road anywhere in Europe.

According to them, this in itself is unacceptable and very often the speed limit of 50 km/h is not observed. 

"This footpath is a killer. And it will continue to be so until someone shows an iota of will to build an underpass or an overpass in its place," states the letter, addressed to Acting Prime Minister Galab Donev, Acting Regional Minister Ivan Shishkov and Agency "Road infrastructure".

Those responsible for this should not and should not wash their hands of the drivers of heavy goods vehicles, and once again, the Chamber considers and lists several of the cases of pedestrian deaths at this location: a truck hits and kills a pedestrian on the pedestrian walkway in November 2022;

in September 2017, a truck killed a pedestrian again;

in August 2014, a car ran over a person crossing the footpath.

Yesterday, a protest of the residents of Kazichene was announced on the website of the "Pancharevo" region, who demand that a pedestrian underpass be built in place of the pedestrian path.

On both sides of the Ring Road in this area are the "Vidnite" neighborhood and the village of Kazichene.

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