Prime Minister Victor Ponta required Sova, during the Government’s Wednesday meeting, that the contract be signed in fall.
In May this year, Sova said the country’s roads authority CNADNR would start negotiations with the four bidders which filed offers to construct the highway and negotiations were due to end in August. The four bidders are company China Communications Construction and consortia Spedition UMB-Tehnostrade, Vinci – Strabag – Aktor and Impregilo – Salini.
In 2010, Romania awarded a contract to construct the Comarnic-Brasov highway 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 some clauses, which made financing impossible.