Lot 3 Pietroasele\u2013Buz\u0103u of Romania’s A7 highway, also known as the Moldova highway, was inaugurated on Thursday, November 27.\u00a0The newly inaugurated segment is 13.9 km long.<\/p>\n
The A7 connects Romania\u2019s historic regions of Muntenia, the southern part of the country, with Moldova, the eastern part.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are opening another 13 km of the Moldova Motorway to traffic, the Pietroasele\u2013Buz\u0103u Lot, so we will be able to drive from Bucharest to Foc\u0219ani over a distance of 210 km. After discussions with the builder, we aim to open up to the vicinity of Adjud by the end of this year,\u201d said transport minister Ciprian \u0218erban.<\/p>\n
Present at the inauguration, former transport minister Sorin Grindeanu said that the segment could have been opened last year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe could have had this inauguration one year earlier if the National Council for Solving Complaints and all the other institutions had done their job better, but I want to congratulate the builders; they finished ahead of schedule,\u201d he said, adding that the segment is extremely important for the city of Buz\u0103u, according to Agerpres<\/a>.<\/p>\n The works, carried out by the association Nurol In\u0219aat Ve Ticaret Anonim \u0218irketi – Makyol In\u0219aat Sanayi Turizm Ve Ticaret Anonim \u0218irketi, began on March 1, 2024, with an execution period of 20 months. The value of the contract was over RON 1 billion, without VAT, financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan.<\/p>\n Former prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, currently running for president of the Buz\u0103u County Council, also took part in the event organized before the opening of the segment. The official, who has faced accusations of letting Romania\u2019s budget deficit balloon to 9.3% of GDP during his tenure, argued that the money went into infrastructure investments.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe invested RON 120 billion. We all know the comments, both good and bad, mostly bad. To those who criticized me, I answer with only one thing: let them come and see this highway, let them drive on it, especially since winter is coming, and in winter, driving on the highway is the safest,\u201d emphasized Marcel Ciolacu.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, independent analyses<\/a> show that around a third of the money went to investments. The rest were directed to wage increases in the public sector or subsidies.\u00a0<\/p>\n Lot 1 of the Moldova Highway opened in December 2024<\/a>. Overall, the A7 highway is around 320 km long.<\/p>\n