Sova said a builder for the 58-kilometer highway stretch would be selected in December and the works, estimated at EUR1.2-1.3 billion, could start in April 2014 and are expected to be finished in 2016 or 2017.
A builder is to be selected on December 9, said Sova.
The speed limit on the highway will be 130 km/h and the toll could be set at EUR3/100 km.
Romania has had two previous attempts at building the Comarnic-Brasov highway, most recently in 2010, when the contract was awarded to a consortium made up of Vinci (France) and Aktor (Greece). Greek group Ellaktor, which includes Aktor, said at that time the contract was cancelled as the Romanian state refused to accept certain clauses, which made financing impossible.