He also said additional refunds of EUR52.7 million are pending approval from the EC.
“After the EC resumed payments under the POS T, Romania will cash EUR315 million by the end of the week. Also, additional refunds of EUR52.7 million are pending approval from the EC and will reach Romania in a few days,” Fenechiu told a press conference.
The minister said the transport program mainly targets the completion of large ongoing projects and the finalization of works on various sections of large transport corridors.
End-June, the Transport Ministry said the Commission had unlocked payments for the 2007-2013 operational program for transport.
The program is the main funding source for some of Romania’s strategic infrastructure programs and its beneficiaries include Romania’s national roads and highway authority CNADNR and railway company CFR SA.
The payments were suspended in June 2012.