Romania gets EUR 57 mln financing for road rehabilitaton program

Newsroom 19/01/2017 | 16:45

The European commissioner for regional policy, Corina Cretu, approved the financial contribution through European fund of regional development (FEDR) at the regional project „Rehabilitation of the National Road 1C between Dej and Baia Mare”. The co-financing of EU for this major flashback project, whose rehabilitation works were finished in 2016, amounts to EUR 57 million.

„We all know how important are the transport roads for the development of a region. This investment has the potential to attract and stimulate the work force market, ” said Cretu.

The main beneficiaries of the rehabilitation of infrastructure are the local, national and international users of the transport network, the citizens from Cluj and Maramures counties, the local communities and the public services. DN 1C is part of the Trans-European Transport Network. The project is co-financed through the Operational Sectorial Program of Transport 2007-2013, within the priority 2 Axis.

Romania had EUR 20 billion allocated through the cohesion policy funds during 2007-2013. They contributed to the construction of 368 km road and the rehabilitation of other 1,900 km. During 2014-2020 period, Romania benefits from an allocation of EUR 23 billion in this sector.

Georgiana Bendre