Of the 23 bids, ten targeted the Timisoara-Lugoj highway and 13 targeted the Transylvania highway.
The ten bids for design and construction works on the second section of the Timisoara – Lugoj highway were submitted by companies FCC Construccion and Copisa Constructora Pirenaica, as well as by consortia Selina SRL – Doprastav as – Sodi Construcții SRL, Tirrena Scavi – Societa Italiana per Condotte d’Acqua, Max Boegl Romania – Max Bogl Bau GmbH & Co. Kg – Astaldi – Tancrad SRL, Impresa Pizzarotti & C – Pizzarotti SA – Shapir Structures 1991, Teloxim Con SRL – Comsa – Aldesa Construcciones – Vamibero Holding – Arcadis Eurometudes, Strabag SRL – Straco Grup SRL, Constructora San Jose – Sevicon Obras e Infraestructuras SL and Spedition UMB – Tehnostrade.
The 13 bids for design and construction works on Transylvania highway, namely, sector 3A, Cluj Vest (Gilau) – Mihaiesti, km 0+000 – km 25+500, section 3A1, km 0+000 – km 8+700, were submitted by companies (Consorzio Stabile Alveare, Tirrena Scavi, Collini Lavori and FCC Construccion) and nine consortia (Selina SRL – Doprastav as – Sodi Constructii SRL, OHL ZS – Tel Drum, Pa&Co International – Hochtief Solution, Lena Engenharia e Construcoes – Apolodor Grup Construct – Via Design SRL – Arcadis Eurometudes, Copisa Constructora Pirenaica – Consinit SRL – Eurocerad International SRL, Azvi – Delta ACM 93, Porr Bau GmbH – Hidroconstructia – Studio Corona SRL, Spedition UMB – Tehnostrade and Strabag SRL – Straco Grup SRL – Consitrans SRL – Drum Proiect SRL.
Romania’s Transport Ministry said last week that European Commission officials approved non-reimbursable financing from European Union funds for the construction of the Timisoara – Lugoj highway and for Timisoara bypass route, a project worth EUR248.1 million. Of the overall eligible value of EUR248.1 million, the European Union co-financing through non-reimbursable contribution from the Cohesion Fund stands at EUR210.9 million, while EUR37.2 million are covered from state budget funds.
The project targets design, supervision and construction works on a 25.6-km highway linking Timisoara to Lugoj, and Timisoara bypass route stretching onto 9.5 kilometers.
The construction project of the Transylvania (Brasov-Bors, 415 km) highway set off in 2004, but the constructor, American company Bechtel, completed only 52 kilometers.
In 2011, the Romanian Government decided Bechtel would build 118 kilometers of highway, namely only the sections on which construction works had already started. The Government also decided at the time that it would set up auctions to award contracts for the construction of the remaining sections of the Transylvania highway.