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Grindeanu: Romania could put 300 kilometers of highway and expressway into use in 2025

12:54, 25 Mart. 2025
Minister of Transport, Sorin Grindeanu, estimates that Romania could put up to 300 kilometers of highway and expressway into use in 2025, if "the planets align", a new record for the country's road infrastructure.

Highway Protest Initiator Says Action Was a „Big Success”

18:59, 15 Mart. 2019
Suceava businessman Stefan Mandachi, who initiated a 15-minute protest observed nation-wide on Friday calling for the construction of highway infrastructure, deemed the action a “great success” in a press conference on Friday afternoon.

Businessmen Rally to March 15 Protest Demanding Highways in the Moldova Region

18:21, 06 Mart. 2019
Several businessmen announced on Wednesday that they will support the protest requested by Suceava entrepreneur Stefan Mandachi, who called for businesses to stop working for 15 minutes on March 15 in order to attract attention on the lack of highways in the Moldova region.

Transport Minister Says Sibiu-Pitesti Highway Costs More Due to Expropriations

17:31, 28 Iul. 2017
Romanian transport minister Razvan Cuc explained Friday the total cost to build the 123 km highway linking Sibiu to Pitesti is EUR2.6 billion plus VAT, higher than in the transport master plan, due to expropriations.

Entire Bucharest-Constanta Highway To Be Open For Traffic By Summer 2012 – Minister

18:08, 30 Nov. 2011
Romanian Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said that the entire Bucharest- Constanta highway will be open for traffic by summer next year, as work on the Cernavoda- Medgidia and Medgidia- Murfatlar sections is on schedule.

Bucharest-Ploiesti Highway To Open For Traffic Next Spring – PM

14:44, 05 Nov. 2011
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday the 62-kilometer highway linking capital Bucharest to Ploiesti will be open for traffic next spring at the latest.

Romania To Have 123 Km Of Highway Open By End-Year – PM

17:25, 20 Oct. 2011
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday that the country will have "123 km of highway" by the end of the year, of which 90 km are already open for traffic.

Romanian Transport Min: Bucharest-Constanta Highway To Be Completed By End-2012

18:55, 02 Sept. 2011
Romanian Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said that, by the end of next of year, the Bucharest-Constanta highway will be completed and open for traffic, and the ministry will finish evaluating the bids received for the construction of the 20.5 km-long Cernavoda-Medgidia section.

Romania Might Build Parts Of Transylvania Hwy Through Public-Private Partnership – PM

15:42, 04 Aug. 2011
Romania's Government is considering building some sections of the Transylvania Highway through public-private partnership, because the state does not have unlimited funds for infrastructure projects, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday.

Romanian Highways To Be Subject To Toll

16:22, 07 Iun. 2011
Romanian road authority CNADNR director Daniela Draghia on Tuesday said the country's entire highway network will be subject to a toll.

Romania To Have 845 Km Of Highway In A Few Years – Transport Min

17:23, 20 Mai 2011
Romania will have 845 km of highway in a few years, compared to its current 313 km, through investments of EUR5.17 billion, Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Friday.

Romania To Open One Lane Of Basarab-Constanta Hwy Section In July

13:42, 19 Mai 2011
One lane on the Basarab-Constanta section of the Bucharest-Constanta highway in Romania, as well as Constanta's ringroad, will be opened to traffic in July, Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Thursday.

Several Cos Contest Romanian Tenders For Pan-European Corridor IV

19:49, 28 Apr. 2011
Seven consortia and companies have challenged the Romanian government tenders for the construction of the Timisoara-Lugoj and Orastie-Sibiu highways, part of Pan-European Corridor IV.

Romanian Cernavoda-Medgidia Hwy Segment To Cost Up To EUR170M

16:42, 21 Apr. 2011
Completing the Romanian Cernavoda-Medgidia highway segment will cost between 500 and 700 million lei (EUR120-170 million), without VAT, according to public road authority CNADNR's new tender announcement, published after terminating the contract with French constructor Colas.

Romanian Transp Min Sets New Rules For Hwy Construction Contracts

17:53, 18 Apr. 2011
The contracts for the construction of four highway segments on Romania's sector of Pan-European Corridor IV will have new clauses, to disallow increasing the contract value by more than 10%, and penalizing overdue constructors by 0.1% per day.

Romanian Transport Min Steps Up To Fire Highway Section Constructor

16:17, 18 Apr. 2011
Romania’s Transport Ministry has sent a contract termination notice to the constructor of a highway section linking capital Bucharest to Ploiesti, in southern Romania, because the builder left the site and raised its price 47%.

Romania Awards RON3.5B Contracts For Highway Constructions

14:06, 12 Apr. 2011
Romania’s public roads authority CNADNR has awarded construction contracts worth a total 3.45 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.1152) for four highway sections in the western part of the country, the authority said Tuesday.

Work On Hwy Sector In SE Romania To Be Resumed By Yearend – Transport Minister

17:29, 11 Apr. 2011
Romania’s national roads authority CNADNR will hold a new auction in May to award a construction contract for the highway sector linking Cernavoda to Medgidia, after it cancelled the contract with French constructor Colas, Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Monday.

Romanian Transport Min Says Cernavoda-Constanta Hwy Works To Be Completed Next Year

15:11, 18 Feb. 2011
Romanian Transport Minister Anca Boagiu said Friday the Cernavoda-Constanta segment of the Bucharest-Constanta Highway will be completed next year but the section will be open for traffic this year.

Archaeological Digs Hinder Progress On Romanian Cernavoda-Constanta Hwy – PM

13:55, 18 Feb. 2011
Romania's Government is having some problems with the construction of the Bucharest-Constanta Highway, because of the archaeological sites on the Cernavoda-Constanta segment, and is looking for solutions so that work could be finished by the end of the year, Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday.

Romanian PM Calls For Public-Private Projects, New Auction For Comarnic-Brasov Hwy

14:48, 09 Feb. 2011
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc urged Cabinet ministers Wednesday to complete a list of public-private partnership projects by March and called for a new auction to award construction works for the Comarnic-Brasov highway.

Transylvania Highway Construction Work To Continue In 2011 – Romanian PM

17:28, 03 Feb. 2011
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Thursday that construction work on the Transylvania Highway will continue this year on two sectors, namely Gilau-Nadaselu and Suplacu de Barcau.

Romanian Transport Min To Hold Auction For Hwy Construction End-Nov

13:43, 05 Nov. 2010
The Romanian Transport Ministry will hold an auction at the end of November to award construction contracts for four highway sectors totaling 270 kilometers.

U.S. Ambassador Says Expropriations, Poor Financing Hinder Constr Of Romania’s Transylvania Hwy

15:39, 24 Oct. 2010
U.S. Ambassador to Bucharest Mark Gitenstein told Pro TV in an interview Sunday that expropriations and the lack of solid financing sources are the main problems regarding Romania’s Transylvania Highway, built by U.S. constructor Bechtel.

EXCLUSIVE: Romanian Govt Starts Procedures To Introduce Highway Toll System

13:57, 24 Oct. 2010
The Romanian Government approved a draft act which introduces a highway toll system alongside the existing road toll system.

Romania Needs EUR100M To Finish Bucharest-Ploiesti Highway

11:17, 30 Sept. 2010
Romania’s Transport Ministry needs EUR100 million to finish the last segment of a highway linking capital Bucharest to the nearby city of Ploiesti, which was supposed to be finished this year but was moved to end 2011.

Transp Min: Works On Cernavoda-Constanta Hwy, Bucharest-Constanta Railway Finalized In 2011

16:11, 15 Aug. 2010
Romanian Transport Minister Radu Berceanu on Sunday said the highway linking Cernavoda to Constanta, southeastern Romania, will be finalized until the end of 2011, but drivers might be able to use one lane as of June 2011, when upgrade works on the Bucharest-Constanta railway are also finalized.

Romania May Charge EUR3-4/100 Km For Traffic On Highways As Of 2011

17:20, 07 Iul. 2010
Motorists driving on Romanian highways may have to pay a toll as of next summer, in the amount of EUR3-4 per 100 kilometers, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Wednesday.

Romanian Transports Ministry Needs RON3.16B For Transylvania Hwy

17:57, 20 Mai 2010
Romania’s Transports Ministry needs 3.16 billion lei (EUR1=RON4.1998) this year to continue work on the Transylvania Highway, but has only received RON700 million from the state budget and its debts to U.S. constructor Bechtel amounted to RON900 million in late-2009.

Vinci-Aktor Construction Group May Drop Romanian Hwy Segment Contract

16:52, 14 Apr. 2010
The Vinci-Aktor consortium, winner of the auction for the construction of the Romanian Comarnic-Brasov highway, may drop the concession contract because the group lacks financing for the EUR1.5 billion project, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX.

U.S. Constructor Bechtel Puts Layoffs Back On The Table In NW Romania

14:55, 08 Mart. 2010
The employment agency in Cluj county, northwestern Romania, received Monday from American constructor Bechtel a notification on the layoff of over 1,900 employees from the construction site of the Transylvania Highway, but the agency said legal procedures for layoffs have been breached.

Bucharest-Ploiesti Highway Segment 50% Finished – Romanian PM

19:20, 12 Feb. 2010
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Friday, during a visit to Ploiesti, southern Romania, that construction works on the Bucharest-Ploiesti highway segment are 50% finished, adding he hopes works will be entirely completed by the end of the year.

Romania To Get Loan With State Guarantee For Transylvania Highway Construction

16:09, 04 Feb. 2010
Construction works in 2010 on Romania’s Transylvania highway, linking central Brasov to western Bors on the border with Hungary, will be funded from a state-guaranteed loan, Transport Ministry state secretary Constantin Dascalu said Thursday.

Romanian Transp Min To Make Highway Construction Contract Public, Check With French Constructor

10:13, 27 Ian. 2010
Romania's Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said the lease-based construction contract for the highway segment linking Comarnic to Brasov in central Romania will be made public after French construction group Vinci informs him of the issues the latter wants to keep confidential.

Romanian Transport Min Signs Concession Contract To Build Comarnic-Brasov Highway

19:04, 18 Ian. 2010
Romanian Transport Minister Radu Berceanu, French construction group Vinci and Greek construction company Aktor signed Monday a 30-year concession contract to build the Comarnic-Brasov highway.

Romania’s EUR100M Debt To Highway Constructor Bechtel To Be Paid In January – Acting Transports Min

17:33, 01 Dec. 2009
Romania still has a debt of EUR100 million to Bechtel, the company building the Transylvania Highway, which will be paid in January 2010, acting Transports Minister Radu Berceanu said Tuesday.

Romanian Acting Prime Minister Emil Boc Opens First 42 Km Of Transylvania Highway

15:41, 01 Dec. 2009
Romanian acting Prime Minister Emil Boc Tuesday opened the first 42 km of the Transylvania Highway, the 2B Turda-Gilau segment, cutting the ribbon together with acting Transports Minister Radu Berceanu and officials of Bechtel, the company building the highway.

Bechtel To Build Other 42 Km Of Transylvania Highway In 2010- Romania’s Transport Min

15:15, 25 Nov. 2009
Romania’s Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Wednesday that Bechtel, the U.S. constructor of the Transylvania highway, “can build other 42 kilometers next year” although the budget for 2010 has not been established yet.

Romania Rompetrol Opens Another Two Gas Stations On A2 Highway

13:25, 03 Nov. 2009
Romania’s second-largest oil group Rompetrol, owned by Kazakhstan's KazMunayGaz, opened two gas stations Tuesday, one on each lane of the highway connecting capital city Bucharest to the southeastern town of Cernavoda, at kilometer 88+300, said the public roads authority CNADNR.

Avg Price Per Km Of Hwy In Romania Is EUR3.5M – EUR8.5M – Trans Min Document

13:44, 01 Nov. 2009
The average price for one km of highway in Romania is between EUR3.5 million and EUR8.5 million, depending on the project’s complexity, according to a Transports Ministry document signed by Minister Radu Berceanu and acquired by MEDIAFAX.