The governing program, sent to the Parliament Thursday evening, includes measures targeting the completion of works on highway sections and beltways under construction, namely, the Bucharest-Ploiesti highway, the Cernavoda-Constanta highway, the Deva-Orastie loop highway and the Arad and Constanta loop highways, of several projects for national road upgrades and the finalization of other infrastructure objectives.
The Government, which will be seeking a confidence vote in Parliament Monday, also commits to set off construction works, using European Union funding, on highway sections Timisoara-Lugoj, Lugoj-Deva on the fourth pan-European Corridor, and upgrade works on national roads DN 66 Bumbesti-Jiu-Petrosani and DN 76 Soimus -Varfurile.
The new Cabinet also plans to set off procedures needed to conduct a pre-feasibility study for the construction of the Sudului highway (Bucharest-Alexandria- Slatina- Craiova- Timisoara), to award lease contracts for several infrastructure projects, and to set in motion the project targeting a road bridge over the Danube River in Braila-Galati.
The new Cabinet also vows to set off the last rehabilitation stage of 1,200 kilometers of national roads, which were not included in rehabilitation programs.