The Ministry of Transport will receive more than 11.1 billion lei from the budget in 2020, with more than 6 billion to be granted under the Title "Non-reimbursable European Funds," the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communications, Lucian Bode, stated on Thursday evening.
According to the data presented by the Minister, Romania has 836 kilometers of motorway in use right now and 134 kilometers of motorway and express roads under construction.
"We have, at this point, 836 kilometers of motorway in use and 134 kilometers of motorway and express roads under construction, and we have approximately 4 billion lei left in money. If we refer to the budget, we had 5.9 billion euros earmarked for infrastructure projects over 2014-2020. From this money, Romania managed to absorb 2.1 billion euros, until now, which means 37 per cent. Next year we will have 1.3 billion euros, which means that we do have money. We kept hearing there is no money, when there is, but we need to spend it wisely," said the Minister of Transport.