European Commission gives green light to 27 km of Lugoj‑Dumbrava highway segment

The European Commission has approved a grant of EUR 177.4 million for the construction of 27.4 km of the Lugoj-Dumbrava route, part of both the Lugoj-Deva highway and the fourth Pan-European transport corridor

December 2011 - From the Print Edition

This is the third tranche of highway financing from European funds and approved by EC, after the commission awarded EUR 724 million in September for the construction of two other sections of road, from Nadlac to Arad and Orastie to Sibiu.
The highway between Lugoj and Dumbrava, which is to be built by a consortium of three companies, Tirrena Scavi, Societa Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua and Cossi Construzioni, is due for completion in 2013. According to ministry data, the contract with the three companies is worth EUR 265 million. At the end of November, Eusebiu Pistru, state secretary within the Ministry of Transportation, said that the 32 km of highway between Arad and Timisoara was 90 percent completed and was due to enter into use in December.
Between September and October, the biggest ten highway construction sites in Romania grew by between zero to 16 percent, according to the Romanian roads authority (CNADNR). The most progress was made at the Arad ring road, which advanced by 16 percent in the period, while no expansion occurred at the segment between Suplacu de Barcau and Bors, where construction was halted until October 2011, due to lack of funds.