The new section of the Transylvania A3 motorway will begin design and construction after CNAIR signed a contract with the association of Romanian companies Precon – Citadina 98 SA on Friday, the director of the road company said. The signing of the contract takes place almost 9 months after the announcement of the developer as the winner of the tender.

It concerns the A3 Chribiș – Biharia section, 28.55 km long, which was once contracted with Trameco (formerly Selina), the contract was terminated in 2022.

• The new developer – the association PRECON TRANSILVANIA SRL – CITADINA 98 SA – has 6 months for the design period, 18 months for the execution and 785.215 million lei (without VAT) for the completion of the works, Christian Pistole, head of CNAIR, announced on Friday.

Including 7 bridges and 11 crossings will be built on the A3 Chiribish – Biharia route.

The signing of today’s contract took place almost 9 months after CNAIR announced the Precon – Citadina 98 association as the winner of the auction.

“The signing was only possible after the appeals of the CNSC were reviewed,” says Christian Pistole.

Transylvania Motorway, sections from the border to Suplacu de Barcău and Nușfalău

The adjacent Chirbiș – Suplacu de Barcău section (26.35 km) was contracted in November 2023 with Construcții Erbașu SA for approximately 884 million lei. This is a site where the former American developer Bechtel managed to bring the site to the physical stage by almost 50% before terminating the contract on the A3 route.

The next section, 13.5 km from Nușfalău to Suplacu de Barcău, was completed by a company from Turkey and opened to traffic at the end of September 2023.

A stretch of about 5 km from Biharia to the border was completed and opened for traffic in 2020.