State Roads Administration (ASD) signed on June 13 a contract on construction of M3 road Chisinau – Comrat – Giugiulesti – Romanian border (Vulcanesti bypass), km 0+000 – km 8+580, with financial support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
This section, for the rehabilitation of which the EBRD will allocate over 20 million euros, is part of the Loan Agreement concluded with the country previously, renegotiated by Chisinau Government late last year. According to it, the Republic of Moldova will receive a loan of 100 hundred million euros for the construction and rehabilitation of roads. The money will be used for the rehabilitation of several road sectors in the country: road R14, R6 – Codrul Nou – Soroca – Unguri – border with Ukraine, on Soroca – Arionesti sector; road R8.1, R8 – Arionesti – R14, Arionesti – Otaci sector; the M3 road Chisinau – Comrat – Giurgiulesti – the border with Romania, bypassing the city of Vulcanesti; road R33 Hancesti – Lapusna – M1.
“Rehabilitation of infrastructure objectives will facilitate citizens’ access to road transport and increase road traffic safety. At the same time, the state and quality of the national road network will be improved, by reducing road transport costs for road users in the Republic of Moldova, which will indirectly generate economic growth,” Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development Lilia Dabija said.
Also, the official thanked the external partners, especially Romania and the European Union for the support to the improvement of the road infrastructure in the country and the rehabilitation of several access roads, which had to be reanimated in the context of the war in Ukraine.
The loan agreement between Moldova and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the construction works and the rehabilitation of roads in the Republic of Moldova was ratified in 2013. (Moldpres/Business World Magazine)
