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Romania Might Use Road Section On Transylvania Highway In Nov ‘09

Forty kilometers on the Campia Turzii-Gilau section of Romania’s Transylvania Highway, linking central Brasov to western Bors, will be ready to use in November 2009 if two connection roads with northwestern Cluj-Napoca are completed in due time, highway project manager Radu Gaspar said Thursday.
Romania Might Use Road Section On Transylvania Highway In Nov ‘09
13 nov. 2008, 13:59, English

The road section connecting Campia Turzii and Gilau towns stretches onto 52.5 kilometers and asphalt works will be executed on 40 kilometers in June 2009.

Traffic on this section, however, depends on two connection roads from Cluj-Napoca, allowing access on the highway.

Gaspar said funds worth EUR520 million were required for the highway in 2009.

Construction works on the highway started in 2004, based on a contract worth EUR2.2 billion attributed to US constructor Bechtel. Works halted mid-2005 when Romanian authorities started looking into contracts concluded under the previous government. The highway is due for completion in 2013.

The results of an analysis conducted early November by consultancy firm EGIS Scetauroute and made public by Romania’ roads and highways company CNADNR revealed that Bechtel made several design and execution errors at the Transylvania Highway, which triggered landslides on a surface of 36 kilometers on the motorway.

CNADNR declined to give an estimate figure of the damages, but mentioned Bechtel will cover all repair-related costs.

Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Bechtel is not to see another cent until he is presented with a quality certificate for the works.

The Romanian authorities allocated EUR700 million for Transylvania Highway during 2007-2008, of which some EUR380 million was distributed in 2008.