The agreements aim to connect Romanian highways Arad-Nadlac and Cluj Napoca-Santaul Mare to Hungarian highways Csanadpalota-Mako-Szeged and Nagykereki-Szolnok.
Romania and Hungary will set up workgroups for each of the four highways, made up of experts in the road design, construction and maintenance fields.
The construction of the Nadlac-Arad highway was divided into two sections. The first highway section will be constructed by the Romstrade-Monteadriano Engenharia e Construcao-Donep Construct consortium for EUR115.8 million. The second section will be constructed by German company Alpine Bau for EUR124.45 million.
The highway linking Cluj-Napoca to Santaul Mare is part of the Transylvania Highway – a project which was started in 2003 by U.S. constructor Bechtel. About 52 km of highway have been built so far, as works ceased at the beginning of the year due to fund shortages. The project is financed exclusively with funds from the state budget.
In May, Romanian roads authority CNADNR owed Bechtel EUR90.4 million, without VAT.