Approximately 40 national road sections are over 65% damaged, while the local roads lack over 2,800 traffic signs. Ten bridges situated on national roads and 14 local roads do not meet the safety norms. The participants in the meeting of the Road Fund’s Board, together with the Cabinet, analyzed these data and proposed a number of measures, including raising the allocations for mainlining roads in winter, IPN reports, quoting the Government’s press service.
Sergiu Bejan, acting director general of the State Road Administration, said that 1 532 059 was allocated for maintaining and repairing national public roads and engineering constructions this year. Only 504 448 of this sum was used until August 1.
Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilița said the Road Fund should be managed in a transparent way and with maximum efficiency, in the interests of the citizens. A mechanism by which each citizen can see the roads that are under repair, according to what criteria they were selected, how much money was allocated for works, who is the contractor and how the quality of works is assessed is needed. The citizens should be able to report irregularities and eventual abuses through this mechanism.
The network of national public roads that is managed by the State Road Administration is 5 902 km long. The works to maintain the national public roads are executed by 11 specialized enterprises S.A. “Drumuri” that employ about 1,950 persons.
