CNADNR representatives said Vinci-Strabag-Aktor won the auction, but refused to give further details.
In November, infrastructure minister Dan Sova said a builder for the 58-kilometer highway stretch would be selected in December and the works, estimated at EUR1.2-1.3 billion, would start in April 2014 and are expected to be finished in 2016 or 2017.
The speed limit on the highway will be 130 km/h and the toll could be set at EUR3/100 km.
Sova also said at the time that the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the World Bank expressed interest in financing Comarnic – Brasov highway.
Romania has had two previous attempts at building the Comarnic-Brasov highway, most recently in 2009, when the contract was awarded to a consortium made up of Vinci (France) and Aktor (Greece). Greek group Ellaktor, which includes Aktor, said at the time the contract was cancelled as the Romanian state refused to accept certain clauses, making financing impossible.