The Government’s infrastructure development policy aims to create balance among the country’s regions, said Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on Thursday, adding that if Romania had developed with this approach in mind, far fewer Romanians would have left the country in search of better-paying jobs elsewhere.

The head of government attended the signing of the design and construction contract for the Meses Lot of the Transylvania Motorway, the section between Poarta Salajului and Nusfalau.

„This is the last section of the A3 motorway that had no contract – part of the Transylvania Motorway. For a time, there was indeed more focus on areas of Romania that had no motorways at all. But with our presence here today, we want to make it very clear that no region of Romania will be left behind. On the contrary, our entire policy has been about creating balance. If Romania had developed following this logic, I am firmly convinced that far fewer Romanians would have left the country in search of better-paid jobs elsewhere. This is a record, a historic day, I would say, because this project marks the highest contracted value in road infrastructure to date – over 6 billion lei, more precisely 6.62 billion lei, excluding VAT,” said Marcel Ciolacu.

Ciolacu also noted that the Meses town will feature the longest road tunnel in Romania, approximately 2.89 kilometers in length. He emphasised the importance of investments not only in this project but also in the Bucharest metro system and the planned metro in Cluj-Napoca.

Also attending the event were, among others, Minister of Transport Sorin Grindeanu, Liberal MP and former Minister of Transport Lucian Bode and Cluj-Napoca Mayor Emil Boc.

AGERPRES