Ploiești–Bacău Motorway

Ploiești–Bacău-Siret Motorway
Drumul Expres Ploiești–Bacău-Siret (A7)
Route information
Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România
Length 0.0 km (0.0 mi)
16.2 km (10.1 mi) under construction
Major junctions
From Ploiești (junction with A3)
 
To Siret (border with Ukraine)
Highway system
Roads in Romania

The Ploiești–Bacău–Pascani Motorway A7 (Romanian: Drumul Expres Ploiești–Bacău-Siret) is a planned motorway in Romania, designed to link Ploiești with the north-eastern part of the country, partly along the Pan-European Corridor IX.

History

Initially it was designed as a 314 km long motorway branching off the A3 motorway and passing through Buzău, Focșani, and Albița, to the border with Republic of Moldova. However, since 2014 plans in favor of a motorway past Focșani were scrapped in favor of a motorway towards Bacău, Suceava, and Siret termed A7.[1] The motorway from Focșani to Albița (155 km)[2] will have a different route number assigned. As of April 2014, the section between Focșani and Albița is no longer a priority in the current master plan for the national motorway network.[3]

Sections

The first section, from Ploiești to Focșani (133 km),[4] was proposed for a concession contract for tendering first half of 2013.[5] No contract was signed, and the only section that has been tendered was the Bacău bypass (30.6 km, of which 16.2 km of motorway) in August 2013,[6] but built at only half profile.[6] It was awarded for construction in November 2013,[7] but the results of the tender were contested by some of the participants.[8] Later in 2014, the whole motorway was redesigned as an expressway that would later be expanded to full motorway specifications.

On 30 May 2016, the construction works at Bacău bypass started,[9] and was expected to be finished by 2022.[10] In 2018 this was reauctioned, with an optimistic deadline around 2021.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://adevarul.ro/locale/arad/pe-lotul-autostrada-pecica--nadlac-putea-circula-cateva-zile-1_5486c1d3448e03c0fd985a10/index.html
  2. ↑ "Constructie autostrazi Coridorul IX Ploieşti - Albiţa Tronsonul Focşani - Albiţa". CNADNR. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  3. ↑ http://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-eurofonduri-16995937-fotogalerie-primele-imagini-masterplanul-pentru-transporturi-autostrazi-vrea-faca-guvernul-ponta-pana-2022.htm
  4. ↑ "Constructie autostrazi Coridorul IX Ploieşti - Albiţa Tronsonul Ploieşti - Buzău - Focşani". CNADNR. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "CNADNR si-a anuntat intentia de construire, prin concesiune, a autostrazii Ploiesti-Buzau-Focsani". Ziarul Prahova. 15 January 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Primul tronson de autostrada din Moldova incepe sa prinda contur: Umbrarescu si Casuneanu se bat pentru centura ocolitoare a Bacaului". Hotnews. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "O companie din Turcia va construi centura ocolitoare a Bacaului, primul tronson de autostrada din Moldova, in dauna firmelor lui Umbrarescu si Casuneanu". Hotnews. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  8. ↑ http://www.ziaruldebacau.ro/licitatia-pentru-soseaua-de-centura-a-bacaului-a-fost-contestata/
  9. ↑ Lucrările la Centura ocolitoare a muncipiului Bacău inaugurate
  10. ↑ http://www.business-review.eu/news/from-national-unity-to-territorial-fracture-how-romania-builds-separate-motorway-networks-for-transylvania-connected-to-hungary-and-for-wallachia-going-nowhere-163726


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