A7 motorway (Romania)

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A7 motorway
Route information
Maintained by Compania Națională de Administrare a Infrastructurii Rutiere
Length16.2 km (10.1 mi)
76 km (47 mi) tendered
450 km (280 mi) planned
Existed2020–present
Major junctions
South end A3 near Ploiești
Major intersections A13 near Răcăciuni
A8 near Pașcani
A14 near Suceava
North end M19 at Siret (border with Ukraine)
Location
CountiesPrahova, Buzău, Vrancea, Bacău, Neamț, Iași, Suceava
Major citiesPloiești, Buzău, Focșani, Bacău, Roman, Pașcani, Suceava
Highway system
← A6→ A8

The A7 motorway (Romanian: Autostrada A7),[1] also known as the Ploiești–Siret Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Ploiești–Siret) or the Moldavia Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Moldovei),[2] is a partially built motorway and expressway route in Romania, that upon completion will link Ploiești to the north-eastern part of the country, partly along the Pan-European Corridor IX. It will run along the route: Buzău, Focșani, Bacău, Roman, Pașcani and Suceava, connecting to Ukraine's M19 highway near Siret.[3]

As of December 2020, the only segment in service is a 16.2 km long section, built as part of the Bacău bypass (Romanian: Centura Bacău). All other sections of the motorway are in various stages of planning and tendering, with the first segments expected to be finished by 2024 the earliest.[4]

The Pașcani – Siret section will be financed through EU funds, while the government wants the Ploiești – Pașcani section (excluding the Bacău bypass) to be financed through the Romanian PNRR (short for Planul Național de Redresare și Reziliență, part of the Next Generation EU package).[5][2]

History[]

Initially it was designed as a 314 km long motorway branching off the A3 motorway and passing through Buzău, Focșani, and Albița, to the border with the Republic of Moldova. However, since 2014 plans in favor of a motorway past Focșani were scrapped in favor of a motorway towards Bacău, Suceava, and Siret termed A7.[6] The motorway from Focșani to Albița (155 km)[7] will have a different route number assigned and, as of April 2014, it was no longer a priority in the master plan for the national motorway network.[8]

Sections[]

Map of the Bacău bypass

The first section, from Ploiești to Focșani (133 km),[9] was proposed for a concession contract for tendering first half of 2013.[10] No contract was signed, and the only section that has been tendered was the Bacău bypass (30.6 km, of which 16.2 km of motorway) in August 2013,[11] but built at only half profile.[11] It was awarded for construction in November 2013,[12] but the results of the tender were contested by some of the participants.[13] Later in 2014, the whole motorway was redesigned as an expressway that would later be expanded to full motorway specifications.

On 30 May 2016, the construction works at Bacău bypass started,[14] and they were expected to be finished by 2022,[15] but the contract with the Turkish company Eko İnşaat ve Ticaret was terminated in April 2017, due to financial difficulties of the constructor.[16]

In December 2017, the Bacău bypass was reauctioned, this time as a full motorway section, and was awarded in December 2018, to the local based Spedition UMB – Tehnostrade joint venture, with the deadline in three years.[17]

The Bacău bypass opened on 2 December 2020, with minor works, mainly to the protective elements and to one exit, remaining yet to be completed. All remaining works on the bypass and its branches were completed by August 2021.[18] All other sections are in the feasibility study and technical project phase,[19] with a few exceptions: the Ploiești - Buzău section (62 km) (in auction since 1 June 2021),[20] the Buzău - Vadu Pașii segment (4.6 km) and the Focșani bypass (10.94 km) (in auction since 1 February 2022).[21] The route of the Focșani bypass is notorious for its so-called "hump", backed by the local authorities of the city of Focșani on the grounds of an unapproved "general urban plan". The CNAIR tried unsuccessfully to convince the local authorities to support the variant of a straight route.[22]

Plans call that at Rădăuți (Milișăuți) the road towards Siret becomes a expressway, however this section is yet to have a route number assigned.[23][24]

Openings timeline[]

  • 2 December 2020: the Bacău bypass (16.2 km).[25]

Exit list[]

Exits and buildings (Northbound)
Bacău bypass (16 km)
Motorway km 0 Bacău South / Onești, Brașov DN2 DN11 opened December 2020
Bridge km 1 Bistrița River opened December 2020
Exit km 10 Bacău East / Vaslui DN2F opened August 2021
Exit km 16 Bacău North / Piatra Neamț, Turda DN2 DN15 opened December 2020

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Autostrada A7 Ploiesti - Pascani". 130km.ro. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Drulă: Centura Bacăului, parte din A7 - Autostrada Moldovei, va fi dată în folosinţă integral în perioada imediat următoare" (in Romanian). Digi24. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. ^ "HARTĂ INTERACTIVĂ Autostrada "Moldovei" A7 Pașcani - Suceava - Siret: Variantele de traseu analizate oficial" (in Romanian). HotNews.ro. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  4. ^ "Cand vor fi scoase la licitatie cele sase loturi din A7. Lucrarile pe fiecare segment ar trebui terminate in maximum 2 ani jumatate" [When will the six lots from A7 be auctioned. Works on every segment could be finished in 2 years and a half the latest] (in Romanian). Ziare.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  5. ^ "Florin Cîțu, despre autostrada A7 Pașcani - Suceava - Siret: "Avem traseul final, va fi autostradă nu drum expres"" (in Romanian). HotNews.ro. 14 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  6. ^ "Pe lotul de autostradă dintre Pecica şi Nădlac se va putea circula peste câteva zile".
  7. ^ "Constructie autostrazi Coridorul IX Ploieşti - Albiţa Tronsonul Focşani - Albiţa". CNADNR. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  8. ^ "FOTOGALERIE Primele imagini cu masterplanul pentru transporturi - ce autostrazi vrea sa faca Guvernul Ponta pana in 2022 - EuROfonduri - HotNews.ro". 8 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Constructie autostrazi Coridorul IX Ploieşti - Albiţa Tronsonul Ploieşti - Buzău - Focşani". CNADNR. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  10. ^ "CNADNR si-a anuntat intentia de construire, prin concesiune, a autostrazii Ploiesti-Buzau-Focsani". Ziarul Prahova. 15 January 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Primul tronson de autostrada din Moldova incepe sa prinda contur: Umbrarescu si Casuneanu se bat pentru centura ocolitoare a Bacaului". Hotnews. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  12. ^ "O companie din Turcia va construi centura ocolitoare a Bacaului, primul tronson de autostrada din Moldova, in dauna firmelor lui Umbrarescu si Casuneanu". Hotnews. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  13. ^ "Licitația pentru șoseaua de centură a Bacăului a fost contestată". 24 November 2013.
  14. ^ Lucrările la Centura ocolitoare a muncipiului Bacău inaugurate
  15. ^ "From national unity to territorial fracture. How Romania builds separate motorway networks for Transylvania, connected to Hungary, and for Wallachia, going nowhere". 2 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Centura Bacaului - primul petic de autostrada din Moldova - Hotnews Mobile".
  17. ^ "CNAIR a semnat contractul pentru varianta ocolitoare a municipiului Bacău: 142 de milioane de euro, 36 de luni pentru construcție și 7 ani garanție - Infrastructura - HotNews.ro". 22 December 2018.
  18. ^ "VIDEO: Brațul nordic al Centurii Bacăului va fi recepționat și deschis circulației. Umbrărescu a terminat lucrările cu un an mai devreme". zdbc.ro (in Romanian). 3 August 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  19. ^ "Autostrada Moldovei: Tronsonul Ploiești - Buzău ar putea fi scos la licitație pentru construcție în mai - ministrul Transporturilor". www.economica.net (in Romanian). 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  20. ^ "BREAKING Primul tronson din Autostrada A7, Ploiești-Buzău, a fost lansat la licitație" (in Romanian). Economedia.ro. June 2021. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  21. ^ Construcția autostrăzii Buzău - Focșani intră în faza de licitație, anunță ministrul Transporturilor
  22. ^ FOTO „Cocoașa de la Focșani”: Cum a ajuns un ocol inutil al traseului autostrăzii spre Moldova motiv de contre între Compania de Drumuri, societatea civilă și autoritățile locale
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  25. ^ "Primii kilometri de autostradă din Moldova au fost dați în trafic UPDATE VIDEO". 2 December 2020.

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