Work on the high-speed road in the west of the country began in 2022, and there is a real possibility that a large part of the project will be open to traffic this year. We are talking about the road connection between the Oradea ring road and the A3 highway and, practically, the first real kilometers of the expressway in Ardeal.

“The first kilometers of expressway in Ardeal are planned for 2023,” according to the Pro Infrastructure Association, which released a video showing all 19 kilometers of the Oradea Belt-Highway A3 connection.

• “The contractor Strabag is very well mobilized and has a good chance to inaugurate approximately 13 kilometers of real expressway (DEx11) between the A3 and DN1 highways (Calea Borșului) in December 2023, 3 months before the current contract deadline of March 2024.

• Unfortunately, the other ~6 km between Calea Borșului and the Santander roundabout of the Oradea ring road is blocked by a problem at kilometer 6, where the local authorities insist on changing the technical solution proposed in the tender and contract, even though all bureaucratic steps have been taken to solve the roundabout connections with an entrance on the street. Augustine Major. It is possible that it will end in a complicated and long drawn-out court case.

• So instead of having a direct and full connection between the A3 and the Oradea ring road at the end of this year, it is increasingly likely that drivers will travel all the way through the city between the Oradea ring road and the new DN1-DEx11 interchange. , unnecessarily overloading city streets and wasting good minutes in traffic jams. We’re not even talking about noise, pollution or road safety,” says Pro Infrastructura.

The first kilometers of the expressway from Transylvania

The contract for 18.96 kilometers of the road connecting Oradea with the A3 motorway was signed with the Austrians Strabag on 21.07.2021 for the amount of 546 million lei without VAT and involves 6 months of design and 24 months of execution. The technical project was approved on July 4, 2022.

The road with a length of 19 km is built as an expressway for 13 km, and for 6 km as a state road with 4 lanes of traffic with a divider between the directions. When this project is completed, it will practically represent the first real kilometers of expressway in Transylvania.

Unfortunately, the development of the contract has not yet been without problems.

After the contract was signed, the Bihor authorities asked for changes to the project and asked for tickets instead of two roundabouts on the route, changes that cannot be made under the terms of the contract already agreed between the parties.

Oradea expressway – highway A3

Length: 18.96 km (13 km expressway, 6 km state road with 4 lanes and a lane divider)

PRODUCER: Strabag

Contract value: 546 million lei (excluding VAT0

The contract is signed: July 21, 2021

term: 6 months of design (PT completed in April 2022) and 24 months of execution

Deadline: 2nd quarter of 2024

Stadium (March 2023): 43%

The connecting road project has a length of 18.96 km, 12 new bridges and crossings (including over Krishul Repede and over Borsului road), as well as 3 road interchanges. It will connect the ring road and the highway from the roundabout area with Calea Sântandrei to Sântandrei – Borș – Biharia.

According to the information in the technical specifications, the road profile will be four-lane with a traffic flow divider in the middle, with a total width of 23.5 meters.

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