Rila Monastery Nature Park Management Plan - part - usaid

February 2004
• Project: Building of parking lots
Survey of terrains, planning and building of parking lots in RMNP. The first stage of
the Project envisions building parking facilities at Brichebor and Bachkova Cheshma
localities, as a step towards re-distributing and deflecting vehicular traffic from the
area around the Monastery.
At the second stage, more parking facilities are to be built at the Kravarski Dol,
Obedishte, and Kirilova Polyana localities and at the former railway station.
2.7.5 Program for maintenance and improvement of the available, and for
construction of new social infrastructure
• Project: Assessment and measures for improvement of the available social
infrastructure
An overall assessment of the state and condition of all sites and facilities making up
the Park’s infrastructure, classification thereof in terms of the usability and
operational load, and proposal of concrete measures for improvement of the facilities
in each category. The project includes assessment and concrete proposals of the
existing buildings’ purpose and use, and changes for park administration needs in
conducting its obligations to reach educational and scientific goals.
These may include activities pertinent to:
- overhaul and renovation of Ribni Ezera chalet and Kobilino Branishte tourist
shelter;
- overhaul and renovation of Kravarski Dol camping site;
- first aid equipment at the appropriate place at Kirilova poliana and Brichebor;
- removal of disused or abandoned buildings and reclamation of the terrains.
• Project: Building of an eco-chalet at Bukovo Bardo locality
Survey of the terrain, planning and building of a small eco-chalet at Bukovo Bardo
locality. The facility is to have a maximum capacity of no more than 30 beds, and will
offer quality accommodation and a wide range of tourism services in conditions of
seclusion, privacy and direct contact with nature.
• Project: Closing of the entrances to mining tunnels
The Project envisions securing with iron bars and wire mesh all entrances to tunnels
used in the past for mining surveys, in order to prevent visitors from entering them.
2.7.6 Public relations program
• Project: A system of signs, symbols and markings
The Project envisions designing a unified system of signs, symbols, markings and
recurring common elements of the Park design (uniforms, car and van liveries, etc.) in
order to create an identifying common image for the Park.
Rila Monastery Nature Park
Management Plan - Draft
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