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The bridge over the Danube from Brăila could be impossible to use because there will be no connecting roads. Its implementation is delayed because an “impact study for the nesting areas of some birds” has been requested.
The president of PNL Brăila, Cătălin Boboc, declared this Friday, at a press conference, that the authorization of the works for the construction of the roads that will connect the Suspension Bridge over the Danube is delayed due to the fact that, in this case, the European Commission requested an impact for the nesting areas of some birds ”, for the four seasons, it will be ready on December 12, and only then will it be possible to issue the environmental permit.
“We have to respect some rigors and, it may sound a bit like a joke, but it is not a joke at all, in order to issue the construction permit on the roads surrounding the bridge, the European Commission has requested an impact study for the areas of nesting “. of some birds. This impact study must be carried out over four seasons. It will be ready and will be presented to the National Road Infrastructure Management Company on December 12 and then it will be possible to issue the environmental permit. Due to an administrative case, which does not belong to the Romanian Government and does not belong to the local authorities, but to some rigors imposed by the European Commission in relation to the environment, we have this blockage regarding the issuance of the construction permit for the works related to roads. it connects the bridge with the Brăila ring road and so on, “said Cătălin Boboc, according to Agerpres.
The Pro Infrastructure Association publicly requested, this Thursday, the Government to get involved in unblocking the situation regarding the authorization of works on the connecting roads from the Suspension Bridge over the Danube to Brăila, Jijila and Măcin, otherwise, Until its completion, the bridge will be transformed “into a 2 billion lei museum”.
“The connecting roads from the bridge to Brăila, Jijila and Măcin, totaling more than 20 km, are not authorized until today, although the contract is signed in January 2018. The expropriation decision for additional expropriations has not yet been issued, and the procedure the review of the environmental agreement is unacceptably prolonged. The authorization of the works this autumn would have allowed the completion of the roads at the same time as the bridge, in the current conditions, the authorization of the works only in spring will drive the completion of the road works in 2023 and the transformation of the bridge into a museum worth 2 billion lei. We request the Government, through all subordinate competent institutions, to unblock the situation of the construction permit for the connecting roads in the shortest possible time ”, The Pro Infrastructure Association publicly broadcast on its Facebook account.
The tender for the construction of the bridge was won, in January 2018, by the association of two companies, one from Italy and the other from Japan, and the contract stipulates that the work will be completed in 2023, allocating 18 months for the design and 36 months for execution. .
For this, non-reimbursable funds were allocated for an approximate amount of 363 million euros, from the European Regional Development Fund, money that will be used both for the construction of the bridge and for the construction of a 23 km road network, which will involve connection To the bridge.
The suspension bridge over the Danube will have a length of 1,974 meters, of which 1,120 meters is the central opening, to which are added two lateral openings of 489 meters on the Brăila shore and 364 meters on the Tulcea shore.
The total width will be 31 meters and will include four traffic lanes of 3.50 meters wide each, four lanes of 0.5 meters wide each, two sidewalks 1.50 meters wide and a median area with a width of 3 meters.
To these are added, on both sides, two additional lanes for foot traffic, bicycles and maintenance, the sidewalks will be 2.80 meters each.
Editing: Robert Kiss
