The cumulated costs of these projects stand at RON3.75 billion (EUR850 million), VAT not included.
Costs are estimated at RON1.081 billion, VAT not included, for the second Dumbrava-Ilia section (28.6 kilometers), at RON1.008 billion for the third Dumbrava-Ilia section (21.1 kilometers) and at RON1.048 billion for the fourth Ilia-Deva section (22.1 kilometers) of the Lugoj-Deva highway.
In April 2011, CNADNR selected Italian consortium Tirrena Scavi-Societa Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua- Cossi Construzioni, whose bid stood at RON681 million, for the construction of the first 27.4 kilometer-long section of the Lugoj-Deva highway.
The second section of the Timisoara-Lugoj highway stretches onto 25.6 kilometers and construction costs are estimated at RON611.8 million. The deadline for the submission of bids is set for June 11, 2012. Design and execution works are envisaged to take six months and two years tops, respectively.
An auction to award the contract for construction works on the second section of the Timisoara-Lugoj highway was set up in 2011 too and the winner was consortium Tirrena Scavi-Societa Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua-Cossi Costruzioni. However, several companies had challenged the result in court, which subsequently canceled the auction.
The first 9.5 kilometer-long section of the Timisoara-Lugoj highway is being built by Romanian-Italian consortium Spedition UMB-Tehnostrade-Carena SpA Impresa di Costruzioni.
Transport Minister Alexandru Nazare recently said construction works on the first section of the Timisoara-Lugoj highway might be completed before deadline. The constructors, in turn, said the first section is more than 50% completed and works are due for completion in 2012. The deadline for the completion of construction works on this section is set for April 2013.