The planner who will carry out the feasibility study for the Sibiu-Pitesti highway will be selected in January, and construction work could begin in the next two years, said the Transport Minister Ioan Rus, cited by local Mediafax.

The new General Transport Master Plan (GTMP) includes this highway as a future express road. The project could be carried out in two stages, first as an express road, then as a highway, according to Rus.

The Ministry of Transport’s 2015 budget, amounting to EUR 1.93 billion, up 9% compared to the preliminary budget this year, was approved yesterday, December 16, with a series of amendments, by the Committee on Transport and Infrastructure from the House of Representatives and that of Transport and Energy from the Senate. Amendments include the funding request for the Targu Mures - Iasi - Ungheni highway, the revamping the DN 15 Piatra Neamt - Bacau road, the Transfagarasan road and the Radauti belt.

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