Minister says Romania needs EUR 4 billion to fix potholes in its roads

[Baluarte]

Minister says Romania needs EUR 4 billion to fix potholes in its roads, names the worst road in the country

The worst road segment in Romania connects the cities of Botosani and Suceava, according to the minister delegate for infrastructure work Dan Sova. However, he urged drivers not to avoid it, because it is in an amazing area for tourists.

Romania will need to spend some EUR 4 billion this year for the summer road maintenance, but the Highways Company CNADNR only has EUR 180 million for maintenance work.

The company currently runs 17,000 kilometers of roads in Romania, including 530 kilometers of highways. After CNADNR asked regional divisions to send in the number of potholes to be filled in this summer, it resulted in a required budget of EUR 4 billion.

The minister said that every four years, not only in Romania, but elsewhere in Europe too, each road needs to be covered with an extra layer of asphalt, but Romania does not have enough funds for the work.

editor@romania-insider.com

[Dacul]

Lol 4 billions?
What he wants to put in those holes,silver?

[Baluarte]

I suppose the infrastructure defficiencies in Romania are quite severe.
It could also be an inflated number to pay for the needed investment + state/bureaucracy corruption.

[Dacul]

Lol,are not,be serious,if the roads will be so bad,Romania would not be first in Europe,or between first countries,at accidents provoked by cars.
Someone was caught speeding up with 240 km/h,as for the road from Bucharest to Bacau,is really very good,people are speeding up there also,a lot.
No idea how that portion of road is,but I doubt there are needed 4 billions Euros,to patch the roads...

[Dacul]

Here a picture of the road between Botosani and Suceava,is not great,but not that bad:
http://static.monitorulbt.ro/poze-articol/2013/05/13/176669maxim.jpg
Besides,that segment of road is only 43 km,with some 10 million Euros,or so ,you put new asphalt on it,of very good quality.