The Sibiu – Pitesti highway in Romania will be finalized in two stages, partially until 2017, and completely until 2019, said the Transport Minister Dan Sova.

The segments connecting Sibiu to Boita and Pitesti to Curtea de Argeș and Râmnicu Vâlcea will be ready in 2017, the minister said, who reminded ‘nothing has ever been done about this highway in Romania’.

“There was a feasibility study in 2008, which was rejected by the European Commission because it was badly done. We were the only people who moved things for this highway, more specifically it was just me,” said Sova.

A EUR 28 million financing from the European Union will cover the feasibility study for the highway, which will be tendered in the next two to three weeks.

There are 160 kilometers from Sibiu to Pitesti on the existing road, which passes through the mountains, and which narrows down on the long portion by the Olt river.

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