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Works On Targu Mures – Iasi Highway Might Start After 2012 – Transport Min

14:01, 27 Oct. 2009
The works on the highway that will link central Transylvania to eastern Moldavia might start after 2010 and other projects will unfold meanwhile, Romanian Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said Tuesday during a visit to Sibiu, central Romania.

Romanians Should Protest In The Street To Get Highways – Transports Minister

13:02, 22 Oct. 2009
The Romanian Government would allocate more money for highway construction if people demanded this in the street, Transports Minister Radu Berceanu said Thursday in the Romania Construct Forum 2009 conference, organized by MEDIAFAX.

Romania’s Transport Min Wants To Construct 90 Km Of Highway, Get 3.5% Of GDP In 2010

14:40, 11 Oct. 2009
Romania's Transport Ministry wants to finish the construction of 90 kilometers of highway next year and asked for 3.5% of the GDP in 2010, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said in an interview broadcast Sunday on private television ProTV.

Romania Might Have 2,000 Km Of Highway In 20 Years – Transport Min

13:55, 11 Oct. 2009
Romania might have 2,000 kilometers of highway in 20 years and this is possible both technically and financially, Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said in an interview broadcast Sunday on private television ProTV.

Two Workers Died On Highway Construction Site, In NW Romania

10:49, 09 Oct. 2009
Two workers died Friday morning on the construction site of Romania's Transylvania Highway, in northwestern Cluj county, after they fell from height.

Romanian Petrom Opens Two Gas Stations On A2 Highway, In EUR2.7M Investment

16:38, 28 Sept. 2009
Romania’s largest oil company Petrom (SNP.RO) opened mid-September two gas stations, one on each lane of the A2 highway connecting capital city Bucharest to the southeastern town of Cernavoda, following a EUR2.7 million investment, the company said Monday.

U.S. Bechtel Asphalted 30 Km Of A 42-Km Sector On Romania’s Transylvania Highway

14:04, 28 Sept. 2009
US company Bechtel, in charge with construction works on Romania's Transylvania Highway, linking central Brasov to western Bors, said it asphalted 30 kilometers of the 42-kilometer road sector Campia Turzii-Gilau, which ought to be completed until January 1, 2010, the company said Monday.

Romanian Bucharest-Ploiesti Highway To Have Only Two Lanes

16:50, 27 Aug. 2009
The Romanian Transports and Infrastructure Ministry (MTI) cancelled the auction for widening to three lanes the second route of the Bucharest-Ploiesti highway for “technical and legal” reasons, transports minister Radu Bercenu said Thursday.

U.S. Bechtel Finished Building The Biggest Viaduct On Transylvania Highway

11:26, 04 Aug. 2009
U.S. constructor Bechtel said it has finished building the biggest viaduct on the Romanian 2B Campia Turzii – Gilau segment of the Transylvania Highway, whose construction began in 2007.

Romania Roads Auth Gets 7 Bids To Expand Highway Segment

14:42, 31 Iul. 2009
Romania’s public roads authority CNADNR on Friday announced it has received seven bids for an estimated contract of 196.85 million (EUR1-RON4.2127) to expand to three lanes the highway segment Moara Vlasiei-Ploiesti.

Law Firm Bostina&Associatii To Provide Expropriation Legal Services For Sun Hwy Segments

11:56, 28 Iul. 2009
Romanian law firm Bostina and Associatii will provide legal services for expropriations after the opening procedures for the works on the segments Cernavoda-Medgidia and Medgidia-Constanta of the Sun Highway in southeastern Romania have been completed.

Bucharest Court of Appeals Suspends Hwy Consultancy Contract Attribution

15:50, 22 Iul. 2009
The Bucharest Court of Appeals decided Wednesday to suspend the attribution procedure involving the consultancy contract sold by the National Company for Highways and National Roads (CNADNR) in the construction of the Medgidia-Constanta highway.

Romania’s Transp Ministry To Sign Comarnic-Brasov Hwy Construction Contract In Two Weeks-Min

14:14, 21 Iul. 2009
Romania’s Transport Ministry will sign in two weeks the lease-based contract with consortium Vinci/Aktor for the construction of the highway segment linking central cities Comarnic and Brasov, minister Radu Berceanu said in a press conference on Tuesday.

Romania Transp Min Owes RON90M To Bucharest-Ploiesti Highway Constructors

14:02, 21 Iul. 2009
Romania’s Transport Ministry owes 90 million lei (EUR1-RON4.2378) to companies handling the construction of the Bucharest-Ploiesti motorway, after the Court of Accounts decided to suspend payments due to a series of irregularities, minister Radu Berceanu said.

First 30 Km Of Romanian Bucharest-Brasov Hwy Complete This Year – PM

18:29, 12 Iul. 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc said Sunday that the first 30 km of the Moara Vlasiei - Ploiesti segment of the Bucharest – Brasov highway will be completed this year, and works on the Ploiesti ring road will be complete in November.

Italian Co Building Bucharest-Brasov Hwy Should Use Local Reinforced Concrete – President

14:26, 10 Iul. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu on Friday told the Italian constructors who won the auction for the first segment of the highway linking capital city Bucharest to central Brasov to buy reinforced concrete produced in Romania, as the local steel industry is closing down over lack of demand.

Austrian Strabag Appeals Auction Result For Romanian Comarnic-Brasov Hwy Segment Constr

16:16, 17 Mai 2009
Austria’s Strabag Group appealed the result of the auction for the construction of the Comarnic and Brasov highway segment, which was won by the consortium formed of France’s Vinci Concession and Greece’s Aktor Concession, Adrian Ionescu, director with Romania’s Transport Ministry, told Mediafax.

Campia Turzii-Gilau Segment Of Transylvania Hwy To Be Completed This Year – Romanian PM

18:13, 15 Mai 2009
Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, who will visit the construction site of the Transylvania Highway on Friday, gave assurance that the Campia Turzii-Gilau segment will be completed by the end of the year.

U.S. Constructor Bechtel Resumes Works On Transylvania Highway

16:55, 27 Mart. 2009
U.S. constructor Bechtel employees will resume work on Transylvania Highway as of Monday, March 30, after a three-month technical unemployment period, union leader Mihai Lup said Friday.

EIB May Partly Assume Bucharest-Ploiesti Highway Financing – Romanian Pres

20:41, 19 Mart. 2009
Romanian President Traian Basescu said Thurday, after meeting the management of European Investment Bank, that EIB might partly take over the financing of the highway linking the capital city Bucharest to the southern city of Ploiesti and of their beltways.

Romanian Transport Ministry Will Take Over 6 Ha Of Forest For Highway

14:59, 17 Mart. 2009
The Romanian Ministry for Transportation will take over six hectares of forest from the National Forest Administration Romsilva, through the Snagov Forestry Department, necessary for the construction of the Bucharest-Ploiesti highway.

Bechtel To Resume Work On Transylvania Hwy By End-March

14:01, 13 Mart. 2009
American company Bechtel decided to extend the technical unemployment interval for the almost two thousand workers on the Transylvania Highway in Romania, until the end of March, because debts have not been collected and works have not been paid yet, according to the union leader at Bechtel.

Romanian Transp Min Announces “New Concept” For Hwy Construction Funding

19:15, 20 Feb. 2009
Romanian Transport Minister Radu Berceanu told a press conference on Friday that there is “a new concept for the funding of highway construction”, which will bring more money to this sector if applied.

Some 70-75 Km Of Hwy To Be Complete This Year – Romanian Transport Min

21:02, 12 Feb. 2009
Romanian transport and infrastructure minister Radu Berceanu said Thursday in a press conference that 70-75 kilometers of highway will be completed this year.

Ex PM Brings Former Govt Issues To Inner Party Battle

17:02, 20 Ian. 2009
Romanian former prime minister Calin Tariceanu said he is displeased with the performance of the former transport minister regarding the pursuit of the contract with American company Bechtel, for the construction of the Transylvania Highway.

Romanian Unionists At Bechtel Threaten With Protests If Govt Doesn’t Fund Hwy Works

15:24, 13 Ian. 2009
The leaders of the union within the American company Bechtel said Tuesday they will put “a set of pressures” on the Government to continue the funding of works at the Transylvania Motorway, and also on the company to observe the legal terms regarding massive layoffs.

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

13:59, 13 Nov. 2008
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.

Construction Contract For Romania Comarnic-Brasov Highway To Be Signed Early ‘09- Min

12:55, 05 Nov. 2008
The contract targeting construction works on the highway section linking Comarnic town, southern Romania, to Brasov, central Romania, will be signed early 2009, Romania’s transport minister Ludovic Orban said Wednesday.

Bechtel Holds Romania’s Transylvania Highway Back, Not Funding – Romanian PM

16:49, 21 Oct. 2008
The problems with the construction of the Romanian highway between Brasov and Bors are not brought by the lack of budget funding, but by the inability of American company Bechtel to observe contract provisions, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Tuesday.

Romania To Have Another 180 Km Of Highway By End-2010 – CNADNR

14:42, 30 Sept. 2008
Romania will have by end-2010 another 180 kilometers of highway, namely the Bucharest-Moara Vlasiei-Ploiesti, Campia Turzii-Gilau, Suplacu de Barcau-Bors segments and Sibiu ring road respectively, Stefan Szobotka, a manager in Romania's roads and highways company CNADNR said Tuesday.

U.S. Bechtel Continues Asphalt Works On Romania’s Transylvania Highway

13:12, 20 Aug. 2008
U.S. construction company Bechtel started asphalt works on a 25- kilometer road section of Transylvania Highway, linking central Brasov to western Bors, and completed only five kilometers so far.

Romanian Govt To Assign EUR200M For Transylvania Highway In Jun Budget Revision

13:42, 12 Iun. 2008
The Romanian government will assign EUR200 million for works at the Transylvania Highway, linking central Brasov to western Bors, and the first 25 kilometers of the road are to be completed this year, transport minister Ludovic Orban said Thursday.

Romanian PM Says First Road Section Of Transylvania Highway Ready In ‘08

11:37, 11 Apr. 2008
Romanian Prime Minister Calin Tariceanu said Friday in Romania’s western county of Bihor that the first 25- kilometer road section of Transylvania Highway would be ready to use this year in the central county of Cluj, stressing he is pleased with the construction works.

Romanian MP Urges Premier, Econ Min To Find Funds For Transylvania Highway

17:41, 02 Mart. 2008
Romanian democrat liberal MP Daniel Buda urged both Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu and economy and finance minister Varujan Vosganian to find financial resources needed to continue construction works on Transylvania highway.

Romania’s Transylvania Hwy Project Out Of Money, Works Might Cease

16:37, 28 Feb. 2008
The Romanian National Company for Highways and National Roads (CNADNR) has already used up the 2008 budget for the Transylvania highway, connecting central Brasov to northwestern Bors, and works might cease in these conditions, said the general director of the company, Mihai Grecu.

Thick Fog Seriously Affects Traffic On Romanian Highways, Roads

21:33, 14 Ian. 2008
Road traffic is slow on Romania’s two highways and several national roads countrywide because of the heavy fog that in some areas lowered visibility to less than 50 meters ahead, the Info-traffic Center within the Romanian Police Department informed Monday evening.

Romanians To Pay Road Toll For Access On Future Pitesti-Sibiu Highway

13:29, 11 Dec. 2007
The future Pitesti-Sibiu highway, central Romania, will be executed based on lease procedures and a road toll will be paid for the access on the highway, while construction works are to start in 2009, Romania’s minister of transports Ludovic Orban said Tuesday.

New International Highway To Bind Romania, Serbia, Hungary

14:57, 31 Oct. 2007
Romania, Serbia and Hungary are planning to build a new highway to connect northeast Serbia and southwest Romania with Hungary, Hungary’s news agency MTI reported Nepszabadsag newspaper as saying.