Romania does not have a highway that crosses the country from east to west. The situation on the Transylvania Highway has completely stalled between Târgu Mureș and Brașov, where there is no prospect of progress. A similar situation exists between Comarnic and Brașov, where there have been three unsuccessful bids. The full length of the highway should be more than 540 kilometers. The contract signed with Bechtel in 2004 has since been terminated. Hungary is building 120 km of highway with three lanes. Romania will have a highway from east to west by 2030. A second highway that would run from Constanța to Arad is also stuck in three places. The most optimistic estimate for the full opening of the Bucharest ring road is 2027. Now, at the end of September 2024, only 42% of A0 highway's 100.7 kilometers are operational on the flatland section, and there is a part where the works haven't even started yet (Section 1: Dragomirești - Corbeanca). Read this too: It's disgraceful that the Bucharest highway has no chance of completion before 2027. 100 km on flatland, in 9 years. On the Sibiu - Pitești highway, about 10 kilometers have been completed on the Sibiu side. The realistic opening date for the entire section is 2027. - Section 2 of 31.3 km between Boița and Cornetu, opening in 2027 - Section 3 of 37.9 km between Cornetu and Tigveni, opening in 2027 - Section 4 of 9.9 km between Tigveni and Curtea de Argeș, opening in 2026 - Section 5 of 30.4 km between Curtea de Argeș and Pitești, opening in September 2025, with a possibility of partial opening in 2024. Read this too: Video "The promise is noble..." Not a single km will be completed on the A1 Sibiu-Pitești highway by 2024. The highway between Deva and Lugoj has been halted due to bears. The contract for the 9 km section called "Highway Bears" is valued at 1.83 billion lei, excluding VAT. The works are expected to be completed within 2 years.
"The latest deadline is 2026, as it is being built with funding from the recovery and resilience plan," said the transport minister. Read this too: "A miracle!" Works will begin on the tiny section of the A1, dubbed the "Bears' Highway." It should have been completed by 2016. Hungary is transitioning to a three-lane highway. We say it sadly, but the Hungarians are better organized in terms of highways. "The long-awaited expansion and development of the M1 highway between Budapest and Győr will begin with preparatory work this fall, initiating a major development project under the management of MKIF Plc. The aim of the project is to convert an 80-kilometer highway into three lanes by 2029, complemented by smart emergency lanes that can be used according to traffic demands or as needed, writes the Hungarian press. Since September 2022, the company responsible for maintaining Hungary's 1,237 km of highways has carried out the country's largest highway rehabilitation project, reports Magyar Építők. Within two years, a significant part of the national network has been modernized, with nearly 4 million square meters of new asphalt laid by the end of 2023. This comprehensive approach avoids simple repairs, instead implementing extensive layered resurfacing, as the company prepares to modernize 43% of the highways it manages by 2025 to meet the state's strict standards.
