Around 50 km of the A7 “Moldova” highway opened on Tuesday, December 23, connecting Foc\u0219ani to the area beyond Adjud. The opening offers drivers an uninterrupted highway distance of nearly 250 km from Bucharest to the Moldova region.<\/p>\n
The new 50 km section opened on Tuesday at 11 AM and is comprised of two sections. The first 35 km are part of Section 1, Foc\u0219ani \u2013 Bac\u0103u, and the following 15 km up to Adjud North are part of Section 2.<\/p>\n
Currently, approximately 145 km of the A7 are open from Foc\u0219ani to Dumbrava, the junction with the A3, and from there to Bucharest there are another roughly 46 km to the Pipera\u2013Petricani area.<\/p>\n
With the new 50 km, drivers can bypass the busy DN2\/E85 roads. However, there are no service areas open between Buz\u0103u and Adjud yet.<\/p>\n
The opening is a major achievement for UMB, an important local builder. Nevertheless, according to the Pro Infrastructura Association, one of the most active civic organizations in the transport sector, all remaining A7 sections have missed their official deadlines.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe initial contractual completion deadlines are September 2025 for Foc\u0219ani\u2013Domne\u0219ti, and November 2025 for all the other five sections from Domne\u0219ti to Pa\u0219cani. The delays beyond Adjud are large and very large. While there is not much work left up to R\u0103c\u0103ciuni, and Lot 3 up to south of Bac\u0103u is approaching 70% physical progress, progress on the last three sections beyond Bac\u0103u barely exceeds 40% at the moment,\u201d the civic organization explained, cited by HotNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n Once the sections from Foc\u0219ani to Adjud are opened to traffic, the total number of km of highways and express roads in operation will reach 1,416.3 km, of which nearly 146.5 km were put into use in 2025.<\/p>\n