TRACECA PROJECT EVALUATION

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TRACECA PROJECT EVALUATION
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PROJECT PROPOSAL IN TRACECA CONTEXT
Tg. Mures Iasi - Ungheni Motorway section
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Tg. Mures Iasi Ungheni
The section is going to be part of the extended
TEN T and in the same time part of traceca
corridor Romania has got a strategyc position,
linking Europe with TRACECA countries.
SERBIA SI MUNTENEGRU
Proposed TEN T projects Existing TEN T
projects Intermodal interchange
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Regional Criteria

• Network description
• The motorway section Targu Mures Iasi -
  Ungheni/ border with Republic of Moldova
• is placed in the North - eastern part of Romania,
  connecting the central part of the country with
  the Romanian/ Moldavian border
• the section is also connecting 2 PanEuropean
  Corridors no. IV and no. IX, having the following
  indirect benefits connects Bulgaria to Hungary
  (Partly through Pan European Corridor no IX and
  partly through Transilvania motorway) and in the
  same time with the existing national
  infrastructure
• it is also considered to be an exit to Ukraine,
  using the national road infrastructure

Tg. Mures Iasi Ungheni
Connection with Transilvania motorway
Pan European Corridor no. IX
Pan European Corridor no. IV
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• How is interoperability and connection with other
  infrastructures handled?
• Having a direct link to Moldavian Border will be
  the main reason to attract the traffic flow from
  Bulgaria, to Romania and further to the Republic
  of Moldova or to Hungary, route which will be
  fully operational after finalizing the Corridor
  no. IV Nadlac (Hu/ Ro cross border) Arad
  Timisoara Lugoj Deva Orastie Sibiu
  Pitesti Bucuresti Cernavoda Constanta, the
  Pan European Corridor no IX and Transilvania
  motorway.
• The location of the future motorway sections is
  also a benefit for the regional development along
  the Moldavian/ Romanian cross-border, the
  economic environment could be stimulated and
  eligible for European Regional Funds.

Tg. Mures Iasi Ungheni
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• Technical DescriptionDesign speed 130
  km/hLength aprox. 310 kmMotorway
  cross-sectionplatform 26.00 m carriageway -
  4 x 3.75 m middle lane 3.00 m Emergency lane
  - 2x2.50 m shoulders - 2 x 0.50 m employment
  bands - 4x 0.50 m parapets space (outside the
  platform) 0.75 mCross-section for link
  roadscarriageway - 2 x 3.50 m shoulders - 2 x
  1.00 m, out of which employment bands - 2 x 0.50
  m platform - 10.00 m.
• Land acquisitionEstimated area of expropriation
  for the entire highway route - represents terrain
  and built settlements.

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Regional Development
Turistical opportunities to see the national and
international patrimony of the area churches,
castles, monuments Mountain sports
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EconomicDevelopment
Stimulate the development of Wood Ceramics
Manufacture, Agriculture, Wine industry, others
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Economic Criteria

• Estimated project repayment time - At 10 years to
  cover the initial costs
• Forecast years
• At least 3 years for construction, based on the
  experience of similar contracts the length will
  be divided into 3 sectors Tg. Mures Ditrau
  Tg. Neamt - Ungheni
• Investment costs 6. 096 mil. Euros
• - costs for development of design documentation
  (feasibility study, feasibility study,
  engineering design, details of execution)-
  expenses for consultancy and technical
  assistance- Costs associated with obtaining
  necessary approvals and agreements in principle
  for the investment- Expenses for training
  documents on the procedure for awarding the
  contract- construction costs

Tg. Mures Iasi Ungheni
Tg. Neamt
Ungheni
Tg. Mures
Ditrau
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• Financial Rate of Return of the Investment and
  the cost break down will be established after
  the Feasibility Study will be finished.
• Private investors interest in the project until
  now, during the bilateral meetings at high level,
  a lot of investors from European and Asian
  countries had shown interest for this project
  implementation.
• PPP laws Romania has recently approved the Law
  which rules the PPP project.

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Technical Criteria

• Link or node or upgrade?
• The present alternative considered to be viable
  is the national road network, which goes toward
  the cross border point with the Republic of
  Moldova, national road considered not to be able
  to comply with present traffic needs.
• By implementing this project, there will be
  offered to the road users a better level of
  accesibility, speed, traffic safety, confort
  because of the auxiliary services offered by a
  motorway
• Intermodality
• The quickest link to the Eastern border with the
  Republic of Moldova, and further on to Hungary
  through Transilvania Motorway and to Bulgaria
  through a part of Transilvania Motorways and a
  part of Pan European Corridor no. IX.
• The link, through the motorway network, existing
  or future, with Constanta Multimodal Terminal
• The link with the integrated transport system
  (Danube river)
• Modal shift there is currently available the
  RO-LA technology, in the multi modal links Tg.
  Mures, Iasi and Ungheni.
• Safety
• the technical requirements, starting from the
  design stage, will impose the safety geometrical
  elements, in line with best design
  technologies
• Travel cost saving
• the motorway section will have high standards,
  according to TEM motorway standard modern,
  European, economical, for the same price, which
  is the Romanian vignette
• Travel time savings
• the travel distance is reduced with 25 and
  travel time with 30

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Environmental Criteria

• Pollution
• Reducing the noise gas emission
• Energy consumption will be reduced due to the
  continuous flows of traffic, to the decrease of
  the travel time and the time spent in the cross
  border point
• Diversion from sensible areas (living areas,
  preserving natural resources, others)
• The traffic flow will be taken out of cities
  Greener transport
• Creating eco ducts in order to protect the fauna

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Political Criteria

• When to start?
• after the Feasibility Study is finished (1st
  Semester of 2012) and the financing resources
  necessary for the construction will be
  identified.
• Government Support
• The project is included into Romanian transport
  strategy for PPP projects
• Part of the Romanian Master Plan, Fiscal Strategy
  for the next 5 years.
• Dependance on other step/project
• No dependency

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• Thank you for the attention!
• ROMANIAN TRACECA NATIONAL SECRETARIAT
• traceca_at_mt.ro
• National Secretary mr. Ionut LACUSTA
• LETS SHAKE HANDS FOR TRACECA DEVELOPMENT!