A new start for the Romanian motorway

The Romanian Ministry of Transport last week cancelled the order for the construction of the 415 kilometre long Transylvania motorway due to long construction delays and cost overruns on the part of the US contractor Bechtel. The motorway was to connect Transylvania with neighbouring Hungary. The decision was long overdue, writes the weekly Capital: "The end of this cooperation is no doubt a good thing, because otherwise we would have buried billions of euros solely in the name of charity. Nevertheless the problem has not been solved. We need a motorway leading westwards. ... We started to build one, but even a construction worker could have worked out better conditions. As it is, eight years have gone by and we still share the same single lane towards Budapest with horse carts and lorries. ... But now we have the chance to get this motorway finished in the near future."

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