Committee of Petitions in  European Parliament Discusses 
Petition by Gabrovo Citizens

Brussels, July 16 (BTA Corr. Atanas Matev) - The Committee of 
Petitions in the European Parliament discussed Wednesday a 
petition by Ivan Shumkov on behalf of Initiative Committee 
against the Terror of Long Vehicles in Transit through
Gabrovo, on Fighting the Terror Long Vehicles Transiting 
Gabrovo, Northern Bulgaria. Gabrovo Mayor Tomislav Donchev 
presented the petition. The complaint is  prompted by the slow 
action of the Bulgarian authorities to solve the problem with 
the serious harmful consequences from the the intensive traffic 
of heavy duty trucks which passes through the town. 

Donchev said that the Committee of Petitions is expected to 
conduct an inspection and exert pressure on the central 
government to undertake the necessary measures such as 
additional safety from the passing traffic in the short term and
 in the long term - providing of funding for road works along a 
ring road that will take the traffic out of the town. 

The Committee of Petitions will send a mission to Gabrovo to see
 the problems. This is indicative because each year the 
Committee sends only two such missions. 

Bulgarian MEP on the Committee of Petitions Doushana Zdravkova 
said that the petitions from Bulgaria to the Committee are bout 
40. 
BTA