8 applications by international consortiums for participation in the auction were provided by the defined deadline April 15, 2002. The international auction for executor of the construction of Danube bridge - 2 will be declared June-July 2003. The company that will win the auction will also prepare the technical projects. By 2007 there has to be finalized the construction of Danube bridge - 2 at Vidin-Kalafat.