The projects are financed with non-reimbursable EU funds.
The contract to upgrade the 35.4-km railway line linking Vintu de Jos to Coslariu is worth EUR176.18 million and was awarded to Italian firm Impressa Pizzarotti. Works will be finished in two and a half years and are guaranteed for two years. The project is 85% financed with cohesion funds and the remaining 15% will be ensured from the state budget.
Another two contracts were signed with consortium Swietelsky – Sopmet – Dafora, which will upgrade five train tunnels for EUR4.9 million.
Contracts were also signed to modernize railway stations in:
Braila (works will be carried out by consortium Arcada Company – Leonhard Weiss -Isaft Litoral for EUR7.6 million);
Piatra Neamt (Confer Group – Wiebe Romania – Radaria for EUR4.7 million),
Sf. Gheorghe (EUR5.97 million contract awarded to consortium Confer Group – Wiebe Romania – Radaria),
Vaslui (EUR5.05 million contract awarded to consortium Arcada Company – Leonhard Weiss – Isaft Litoral),
Pitesti (EUR11.31 million contract awarded to Unicon – Leonhard Weiss).