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

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’s Bucharest Railway Co Manager Sacked

The head of the Bucharest division of state-owned railway company CFR, Gavrila Manaila, has been sacked Saturday for defective management, the company said in a statement.

Romanian PM Says Transylvania Hwy Works To Continue, Govt Seeks Funding

Romania’s Prime Minister Emil Boc said Saturday works on the Transylvania Highway will continue in 2011, adding the Government is seeking ways to continue funding the project.

President Basescu Says Govt To Approve Extra RON8M Funds For Dam Works In NE Romania

Romanian President Traian Basescu on Tuesday said the Government will approve, in its meeting Wednesday, additional funds of 8 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2915) for the construction of the dam over the Siret river, in the area of Saucesti commune, in Romanian northeastern county of Bacau.

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

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.

Romanian Co Metrorex To Spend Up To RON60M On Subway Line Extension Works

Bucharest subway company Metrorex will pay an estimated 59.5 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2282), VAT not included, to finalize construction works on subway sector 1 Mai-Parc Bazilescu, part of mainline IV, the company said Monday.

Bucharest’s Baneasa Airport Auctions Off EUR3.17M Safety Area Layout Works

Bucharest international airport Aurel Vlaicu (Baneasa) will hold an auction for the layout of the safety area near the runway, a contract estimated at 3.17 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2459), VAT excluded.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Works On Baneasa Passageway In Bucharest Halted Following Accident

The Labor Inspectorate for Romania’s capital city Bucharest decided to halt works at the Baneasa Passageway, where three workers died and one was injured Friday when the construction site they were working at cave in and buried them alive.

U.S. Constructor Bechtel Resumes Works On Transylvania Highway

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.

Romanian Senate Commission OKs Decree Regarding Expropriations For Passageway In Bucharest

The commission for public administration in the Romanian Senate gave the go-ahead to government emergency decree 12/2009 allowing the start of expropriations for the construction of the Basarab Passageway in capital Bucharest.

Romania’s Highway Co Mulls RON471M Road Repair Works

Romania’s National Highways and Roads Company, or CNADNR, plans to carry out repair works totaling 471.14 million lei (EUR1=RON4.2340), VAT not included, on 210 kilometers of two national roads, CNADNR said Thursday in a press statement.

Romania Transp Min To Handle Construction Of Bucharest-Danube Canal

Romania’s Transportation Ministry on Monday said it took over from the country’s Water Board the construction of a canal to link capital Bucharest to Danube River.

Four Cars Damaged In Newly Opened Underground Passageway, S Romania

Four cars were damaged Wednesday night by a dislocated sewer lid in the underground passageway opened earlier in the day in Bascov, in Romania’s southern county of Arges.

Transilvania Motorway Works Are “Fast Paced” – Romanian PM

Romanian prime minister Calin Tariceanu inspected the state of works on the Transylvania Motorway, in northwestern Romanian county Cluj, saying the works are unfolding "at a fast pace and with technologies used in Romania for the first time," thus some of the segments might be completed sooner.

Ukraine Agrees To Halt Works On Bystroe Channel

Ukrainian authorities vowed to halt works on the Bystroe Channel, said the secretary general of the Espoo Convention, Wiek Schrage.

NATO Summit Starts Wednesday In Bucharest

The NATO summit starts Wednesday in Bucharest with a working dinner of the Alliance heads of state and/or governments at the Romanian Cotroceni presidential palace.