Pistru said works on the highway sections linking Nadlac to Sibiu, part of the Pan-European Transport Corridor IV, will start in September or October and constructors must present their projects at the end of the month.
According to Pistru, the construction of highways Nadlac-Arad (38.9 km), Timisoara-Lugoj (35.6 km), Deva-Orastie (32.8 km), Orastie-Sibiu (82 km) and a 28-kilometer long section of the Lugoj-Deva highway will be finished in 2013.
Works on the remaining 80 kilometers of the Lugoj-Deva highway will be finished in 2016, said the ministry official.
According to Pistru, on the Corridor IV’s Romanian sector, spanning from Arad to the southeastern city of Constanta, only one highway section lacks financing, namely the Sibiu-Ramnicu Valcea-Pitesti sector.
The construction of the Sibiu-Ramnicu Valcea-Pitesti highway costs about EUR3 billion and the ministry is looking for a public-private partnership to start works, added the state secretary.
Regarding the Bucharest-Ploiesti highway, Pistru said works on the Bucharest-Moara Vlasiei section are 83% finished and on the Moara Vlasiei-Ploiesti section 55% completed.
Romania has built about 300 kilometers of highway and works on 280 kilometers are underway.