Boagiu said, citing unofficial information, the design of the Nadlac-Arad highway sector is about to be finished and construction works will start late August.
The minister said works on the Timisoara-Lugoj highway segment have been stalled following auction contestations and authorities are waiting for the decision of settlement body CNSC.
CNADNR awarded four contracts to supervise construction works on the Nadlac-Arad, Timisoara-Lugoj, Lugoj-Deva and Orastie-Sibiu highway sections. Two of the contracts have been contested.
The contract to supervise works on the Timisoara-Lugoj has been won by French company Louis Berger, which submitted a 23.05 million lei bid (about EUR5.39 million), VAT excluded. The auction was contested by Romanian consortium Omicron-Amepro-Septembrie Consulting.
The second contested contract concerns the Orastie-Sibiu highway section. The contract winner was the Consitrans-VIA Design-Omicron-Amepro consortiu, which submitted a RON31.59 million offer, without VAT. The contract has been contested by the Egis Romania-Ingedia Romania-Transproiect 2001 consortium.
The work supervision contract for the Nadlac-Arad highway sector was awarded to Romanian consortium VIA Design-Omicron-Amepro-Consitrans, which submitted a RON20.7 million bid, VAT excluded.
Consortium Search Corporation-Consulgal Consultores de Engenharia e Gestao (Romania-Portugal) was awarded the work supervision contract for the Lugoj-Deva highway section. The offer stood at RON18.35 million.
In May and June, CNADNR awarded the design and construction contracts for the four highway segments. Auction results have been contested and a decision has yet to be taken in the case of the Timisoara-Lugoj section.
(EUR1=RON4.2717)