Over 200 km of highways and express roads to open in Romania in 2025, PM says
<p>Romanian prime minister <strong>Marcel Ciolacu</strong> announced during the first government meeting this year that over 200 kilometers of highways and express roads are planned to be inaugurated in 2025.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Among the key projects highlighted was the Focșani-Brăila expressway, valued at over EUR 1 billion, for which multiple bids have been submitted, <a href="https://agerpres.ro/politic/2025/01/10/ciolacu-inaugurarea-a-peste-200-de-kilometri-de-autostrazi-si-drumuri-expres-obiectiv-pentru-2025--1411343" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Agerpres</a> reported.</p>

<p>“In the road infrastructure sector, we are starting the year with the same momentum as in 2024, with the first bids already submitted for the Focșani-Brăila expressway project. This vital project connects the Moldova Highway to the suspended bridge over the Danube and ensures further links to Tulcea and Constanța. With this EUR 1 billion project, we aim to complete all major highway construction sites underway and, for the first time in 2025, surpass 200 kilometers inaugurated in a single year,” Ciolacu <a href="https://gov.ro/ro/guvernul/sedinte-guvern/declaratii-sustinute-de-prim-ministrul-marcel-ciolacu-la-inceputul-edintei-de-guvern1736497801" rel="noopener" target="_blank">said</a>.</p>

<p>Romanian, Bulgarian, and Italian associations and contractors have submitted five bids for the design and construction of the Focșani-Brăila expressway, according to an announcement of the National Road Infrastructure Investment Company (CNIR) quoted by Agerpres.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The EUR 1.1 billion contract, funded by the European Union, covers a 73-kilometer stretch of road linking the Moldova Highway (Ploiești-Pașcani A7), the Danube Bridge at Brăila, the Brăila-Galați expressway (DEx 6), Tulcea, and Constanța. The project has a completion timeline of 42 months, including six months for design and 36 months for construction.</p>

<p><i>irina.marica@romania-insider.com</i></p>

<p><i>(Photo source: Gov.ro)</i></p>