The groundbreaking ceremony of the winter resort project "Super Borovetz" was held yesterday, announced news.bg. We expect investments of about 500 million euro over the next 5 years and 2000 new permanent job vacancies, said in a speech during the ceremony the PM Sergei Stanishev. The total built-up area of the living places and the hotels is going to be 623 500 sq. m. and 4- and 5-star hotels are going to be raised. The construction of new skiing tracks of total length 40 km. is planned. The project "Super Borovetz" is going to be carried out, divided in two main parts in the years 2007 - 2012. The mayor of the near-by town of Samokov said that after the construction of the "Rila" highway the traveling from the central area of Sofia to the Borovetz resort is going to take between 35 and 40 minutes. The project "Super Borovetz" is announced to be of national importance, as it is believed to contribute to the good appearance of Bulgaria on the European tourist market.