The first piece of highway to be inaugurated this year: “Three months earlier than the contract term” Video
Highway A1 to Court of Arges / Source: YouTube capture
The last piece of work in section 5 of the A1 Sibiu – Pitești highway, from Curtea de Argeş to Pitesti, will be in traffic in the first part of June, three months earlier to the contract term, announces a Secretary of State of the Ministry of Transport.
“The pre-reception procedure began on the first batch of highway that we give in the Traffic this year. I was on the site of section 5 Curtea de Argeş-Pitesti of the Sibiu-Pitesti A1 highway, where the entrepreneur is on the last hundred meters before the traffic of the last 15 km of the highway related to this section, At the end of the works.
At this time: the team designated by CNAIR performs the procedure for receiving the works; The last road markings are completed on the body of the highway, in the area of the road node at Curtea de Argeş; The vertical road signaling on the main body of the highway was completed and is being completed on the area of the road node Curtea de Argeş, according to News.ro
Also, intense works are performed at the meaning of the roundabout at the intersection of the DN73C DNA73C, it is asphalt on the discharge strap to DN73C, in the passing area; The latest areas with protection parapet are mounted on the median area, on the sides and on the braces of the road node at Curtea de Argeş, says the Secretary of State.
What did the section left in working three weeks ago look like:
The section that will be inaugurated in June is the one remaining under construction between the road node in Băiculeşti and the Bucharest – Piteşti A1 highway, which will allow the motorway level between Bucharest and Curtea de Argeş over a distance of about 140 km.
In December 2024, the Italian builder Webuild gave a section of 16 kilometers from the Curtea de Argeş – Piteşti (Piteşti and Băiculeşti) on the circulation of the A1 – Piteşti highway, 8 months earlier than the deadline.
A1 Sibiu – Pitești, section 5 Pitești – Curtea de Argeș
The contract with Webuild (ex-Sastaldi) for the 30.35 km of A1 Pitești Curtea de Argeș was signed in May 2020, after almost three years of auctions and appeals and, for about 356 million euros, it involves 12 months for design and 48 months for execution.
Now, the physical stage has reached 87%, according to the latest centralized information by Cestrin.
- Length: 30.35 km
- MANUFACTURER: Webuild
- Value: 356 million euros (excluding VAT)
- Contracted: May 2020
- Term: 12 months Design + 48 months Execution (T4 2025)
- Possible completion: T2 2025
- Stage (May 2025): 92%
The stage of works on each section of the A1 Sibiu – Pitești highway
The Sibiu – Piteşti highway would have a length of over 122 km and is divided into 5 sections, and will connect the center and western Romania to the European Highway Network, being an important part of the Pan -European corridor.
- On A1 Sibiu – Pitești the traffic was opened in December 2022 on Section 1 (13,17km from Sibiu to Boița – Builder Porr).
- On Section 2 Cornetu – Boița (31.3 km)the most difficult portion that passes through the Olt Valley and involves the creation of seven tunnels, CNAIR signed a contract of 860 million euros in February 2022 with a company from Turkey. At the end of 2024, a series of works began at a viaduct at the end of Boița, and in 2025 the first mountain works on the route are expected.
- On Section 3 Tigveni – Cornetu (37.4 km) An association of builders from Italy and Romania signed in August 2022 the contract for the most expensive highway auction ever launched in Romania. On this section the builder was in the design period and the works preceding the site start. The works started at the beginning of 2025.
- On Section 4 Curtea de Argeș – Tigveni The Austrians from Porr started in the autumn of 2023 and currently they completely drilled the two galleries of the Momaia tunnel.
- In December 2024 the traffic on Section 5 Pitești – Curtea de Argeș On about 15 km from Bascov (Pitești) at the Road Node Merișani. Webuild (formerly Astaldi) builder continues to work on the rest of the section, about 15 km to Curtea de Argeș.
