A7 motorway (Romania)

The A7 motorway (Romanian: Autostrada A7),[1] also known as the Ploiești–Siret Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Ploiești–Siret) or the Moldavia Motorway (Romanian: Autostrada Moldova), is a partially built motorway in Romania, that upon completion will link Ploiești to the north-eastern part of the country, partly along the Pan-European Corridor IX. It is planned to run along the route: Buzău, Focșani, Bacău, Roman, Pașcani and Suceava, ending at the Ukrainian border near Siret.

A7 motorway
Autostrada A7
Route information
Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România
Length16.2 km (10.1 mi)
450 km planned
Existed2020–present
Major junctions
South endPloiești (junction with A3)
 A5 near Bacău
A8 near Pașcani
North endSiret (border with Ukraine)
Location
CountiesPrahova, Buzău, Vrancea, Bacău, Neamț, Iași, Suceava
Major citiesPloiești, Buzău, Focșani, Bacău, Roman, Pașcani, Suceava
Highway system
Motorways in Romania
← A6→ A8

As of December 2020, the only segment in service is a 16.2 km long section, built as part of the Bacău bypass (Romanian: Centura Bacău).

History

Initially it was designed as a 314 km long motorway branching off the A3 motorway and passing through Buzău, Focșani, and Albița, to the border with Republic of Moldova. However, since 2014 plans in favor of a motorway past Focșani were scrapped in favor of a motorway towards Bacău, Suceava, and Siret termed A7.[2] The motorway from Focșani to Albița (155 km)[3] will have a different route number assigned and, as of April 2014, it was no longer a priority in the master plan for the national motorway network.[4]

Sections
Map of the Bacău bypass

The first section, from Ploiești to Focșani (133 km),[5] was proposed for a concession contract for tendering first half of 2013.[6] No contract was signed, and the only section that has been tendered was the Bacău bypass (30.6 km, of which 16.2 km of motorway) in August 2013,[7] but built at only half profile.[7] It was awarded for construction in November 2013,[8] but the results of the tender were contested by some of the participants.[9] Later in 2014, the whole motorway was redesigned as an expressway that would later be expanded to full motorway specifications.

On 30 May 2016, the construction works at Bacău bypass started,[10] and they were expected to be finished by 2022,[11] but the contract with the Turkish company Eko İnşaat ve Ticaret was terminated in April 2017, due to financial difficulties of the constructor.[12]

In December 2017, the Bacău bypass was reauctioned, this time as a full motorway section, and was awarded in December 2018, to the local based Spedition UMB – Tehnostrade joint venture, with the deadline in three years.[13]

The Bacău bypass opened on 2 December 2020, with minor works, mainly to the protective elements and to one exit, remaining yet to be completed.

Currently, all other sections are in the feasibility study and technical project phase, and the first segments of Ploiești-Buzău (62 km) are expected to be auctioned for construction in May 2021.[14]

Openings timeline
  • 2 December 2020: the Bacău bypass (16.2 km).[15]

Exit list
Exits and buildings (Northbound)
Bacău bypass (16 km)
km 0 Bacău South / Onești, Brașov opened December 2020
km 1 Bistrița River opened December 2020
km 10 Bacău East / Vaslui under construction
km 16 Bacău North / Piatra Neamț, Turda opened December 2020

See also

References
  1. "Autostrada A7 Ploiesti - Pascani". 130km.ro. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. http://adevarul.ro/locale/arad/pe-lotul-autostrada-pecica--nadlac-putea-circula-cateva-zile-1_5486c1d3448e03c0fd985a10/index.html
  3. "Constructie autostrazi Coridorul IX Ploieşti - Albiţa Tronsonul Focşani - Albiţa". CNADNR. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  4. http://economie.hotnews.ro/stiri-eurofonduri-16995937-fotogalerie-primele-imagini-masterplanul-pentru-transporturi-autostrazi-vrea-faca-guvernul-ponta-pana-2022.htm
  5. "Constructie autostrazi Coridorul IX Ploieşti - Albiţa Tronsonul Ploieşti - Buzău - Focşani". CNADNR. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  6. "CNADNR si-a anuntat intentia de construire, prin concesiune, a autostrazii Ploiesti-Buzau-Focsani". Ziarul Prahova. 15 January 2013.
  7. "Primul tronson de autostrada din Moldova incepe sa prinda contur: Umbrarescu si Casuneanu se bat pentru centura ocolitoare a Bacaului". Hotnews. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  8. "O companie din Turcia va construi centura ocolitoare a Bacaului, primul tronson de autostrada din Moldova, in dauna firmelor lui Umbrarescu si Casuneanu". Hotnews. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  9. http://www.ziaruldebacau.ro/licitatia-pentru-soseaua-de-centura-a-bacaului-a-fost-contestata/
  10. Lucrările la Centura ocolitoare a muncipiului Bacău inaugurate
  11. http://www.business-review.eu/news/from-national-unity-to-territorial-fracture-how-romania-builds-separate-motorway-networks-for-transylvania-connected-to-hungary-and-for-wallachia-going-nowhere-163726
  12. http://mobile.hotnews.ro/stire/21284951
  13. https://monitorizari.hotnews.ro/stiri-infrastructura_articole-22880993-cnair-semnat-contractul-pentru-varianta-ocolitoare-municipiului-bacau-142-milioane-euro-36-luni-pentru-constructie-7-ani-garantie.htm
  14. "Autostrada Moldovei: Tronsonul Ploiești - Buzău ar putea fi scos la licitație pentru construcție în mai - ministrul Transporturilor". www.economica.net (in Romanian). 2021-01-21. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  15. https://www.economica.net/moment-istoric-azi-se-inaugureaza-primii-kilometri-de-autostrada-din-moldova_193489.html?fbclid=IwAR2DOFjf0r3QKNz7J2vOsv5JWjoaDGhSiyzBy0u4uMEu1rEICgWa_jwfvbk

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