Loading ...At least five companies have shown interest in developing the project addressing the Danube – Bucharest Canal, where important amounts would be invested, so that it becomes navigable, as recently declared, in Constanta (southeastern Romania), Transport Minister Ludovic Orban.
Ludovic Orban has recently paid a visit to the Constanta Port, with the Vice-President of the European Commission, the European Commisioner for Transport Jacques Barrot having also participated. The latter voiced his full support for such development projects in the field of transport infrastructure and mainly ports, as well as for those related to river transport.
The European official added transport on sea is quite important, as it accounts for 80 percent of the transport made by water, and Constanta has a strategic position, important for the EU.
In a press statement, delivered at Constanta National Company Administration of Maritime Ports (CNAPMC), Jacques Barrot outlined that the company’s plans for development are coincidental with the EU strategy in the field.
Minister Orban reminded that the evidence for the EU support of infrastructure projects on Constanta port platform results from the approval of providing funds to the operational sector programme, worth 4.7 billion euros, where there are projects addressing the construction of a road bridge at Agigea Harbour Lock, upgrading and increasing the railway capacity in the area of barge port, along with expanding the dam into the sea, investments for completing the consolidation works of the Canal banks, improvement of navigation conditions along the Danube, between Braila and Calarasi.
Romania supports the construction of a high-speed railway between Budapest and Constanta, which would contribute to regional development, according to a government press release. The construction of such links, between Constanta-Bucharest and Budapest, requires investments of around 10 to 12 million euros per km. The intention of the Romanian authorities follows the emergence of a European project addressing grand speed rail construction to link Strasbourg in France with Budapest in Hungary.
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