These roads are located in the counties Arad, Bihor, Prahova, Giurgiu, Ilfov, Buzau and Vrancea. Their contracts, which have already been awarded, are worth 2.25 billion lei (EUR516 million). The procurement procedures for contracts targeting other counties are in various stages of completion.
PNDI is the largest program of investments in public infrastructure to be implemented in Romania in the last 20 years. It is managed by the Ministry of Regional Development and Tourism and the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
The program will run between 2011 and 2013, and work will initially be financed by the contractors. The state will reimburse them in installments between 2013 and 2020. (EUR1=RON4.3608)