Section of new gas distribution network of Macedonia is completed

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The construction of gas distribution section Klecovce-Stip, a US$75 million investment, has been completed, leraned BalkanEngineer.com from MacedoniaOnline. Prime Minister of Macedonia, general director of the contractor-company Stroytransgaz,Macedonian Energy Resources (MER)-Skopje executive manager and Russian embassy officials attended the event held in Stip marking the project's completion.

The total length of this section is 61km, enabling accelerated spreading of the entire gas distribution network across Macedonia. The next section, due to be launched in August, is Stip-Negotino-Kavadarci. The construction of two more sections (Kavadarci-Negotino-Prilep-Bitola and Skopje-Tetovo-Gostivar) is to begin in September. These sections would be followed by the construction of Stip-Radovis-Gevgelija fork, which would link Macedonia with Greece, followed by Strumica-Novo Selo with Bulgaria, and Gostivar-Kicevo-Struga-Qafasan with Albania.

"A total of 204 km of the gas distribution network, an investment of over EUR 150 million, will be built over a four-year period. The Government is focused on bringing gas as an energy resource to Macedonian companies and households as soon as possible", commented PM Dimitriev.

The new gas distribution network will provide Macedonia with natural gas from Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece. MER general manager Mr. Miladinov said the construction of the 61km-long gas distribution section is one of the largest projects realized in Macedonia.

Source of the pictures: МacedoniaОnline.eu