The Transports Ministry is taking into account termination of
the contracts for the construction of the Arad ring road (12.3
kilometres) and of the Cernavoda-Medgidia motorway (19.2
kilometres), worth 119 million and 180 million euros respectively,
because work is stagnating and will not be finished on time. The
Arad ring road is being built by FCC Construction consortium, the
biggest Spanish builder and Porr Technobau (Austria), while French
Colas company is working on the Cernavoda-Medgidia highway. These
could be the first motorway contracts to be terminated after the
contract was won, as the only infrastructure projects cancelled so
far have been national road and ring road construction
projects.
Transports Minister Radu Berceanu yesterday notified FCC
Construction, which is also working on the Bulgarian part of the
Vidin-Calafat bridge that the contract for the Arad ring road would
be cancelled. The Minister did not say anything about the
Cernavoda-Medgidia contract, but sources from CNADNR (National
Highway and National Road Company) verified the information and
said that unless the companies caught up, the contracts would be
cancelled for both projects. FCC Construction turned down the
request for comment from Ziarul Financiar.

Subiecte #Arad ring road#Cernavoda-Medgidia motorway