Bucharest Ring Motorway
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 Map of the A0 motorway, as of July 2019 | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Compania Națională de Autostrăzi și Drumuri Naționale din România | ||||
| Length | 30.5 km (19.0 mi) 100.87 km (62.68 mi) planned 70.37 km (43.73 mi) under construction | |||
| Existed | 2023–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| Beltway around Bucharest | ||||
 A 1 near Ciorogârla DN7 near Chitila DN1 near Otopeni A 3 near Voluntari DN2 near Afumați DN3 near Pantelimon A 2 near Cernica DN4 near Popești-Leordeni DN5 near Jilava A 5 near Jilava (planned) DN6 near Bragadiru | ||||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Romania | |||
| Counties | Ilfov | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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The Bucharest Ring Motorway (or the Bucharest Belt Motorway, Romanian: Autostrada Centura București), termed A0,[1] is a motorway ring in construction around the city of Bucharest, the capital of Romania. It is intended to be the outer ring of the existing Bucharest Ring Road.
It is split into two sections: the South Ring Motorway and the North Ring Motorway. It will have a total distance of 100.87 km and will be a motorway connection between the existing A1, A2 and A3 motorways.[2]
As of April 2024, 30.5 km are in operation, with construction contracts being underway for the remaining segments.[3]
Sections
[edit]South section
[edit]The South Ring Motorway (51.3 km) was tendered as a concession contract in December 2012, that was supposed to be awarded in November 2013.[4] Yet, a new tender was announced in July 2017, that shall be completed between the end of 2017 and the first half of 2018, with an estimated cost of 580 million euros.[5] Construction works should take three years and a half to complete. It will run through the south of Bucharest, along the route of the Pan-European Corridor IV.[6]
A tender for a segment of 17.5 km (15.5 km of the South section and 2.5 km of the North section), called lot 3, between the A1 motorway and the DN6 road was launched in July 2017 and awarded in April 2018, to the joint-venture Spedition UMB–Tehnostrade–Artera Proiect, with one year allowed for the design of the motorway and two and a half years for the construction works.[7] However, the bid was challenged and awarded to a new constructor, the Greek company Aktor, in October 2018.[8]
The rest of the South section was tendered on the same date as well, with both of the two bids awarded to the Turkish company Alsim Alarko: the contract for the segment of 16.3 km between the DN6 road and the CFR Line 902 (near Jilava), called lot 2, was signed in March 2019 and is due to be finished in 2022,[9] while the bid for the segment of 16.9 km between the CFR Line 902 and the A2 motorway, called lot 1, was under challenge procedures until July 2019,[10] with the contract being signed one month later.[11]
On 30 December 2023, the first section of the South Ring opened between DN5 and DN6. On 15 April 2024, the second section of the South Ring opened between DN4 and DN5.[12]
North section
[edit]Initially, in June 2019, 45 km of the Northern half was tendered for auction into three segments,[13] with a fourth lot included later, up to a total of 49.57 km. On 20 September 2023, the contract for the design and execution of the last segment was signed with the Impresa Pizzarotti – Retter Projectmanagement association.[14] On 29 November 2023, the first section opened on the A0, between the A3 motorway and DN1.
Openings timeline
[edit]- The segment of the South Ring between DN5 and DN4 opened in April 2024.
- The segment of the South Ring between DN6 and DN5 opened in December 2023 , and the rest of the segments are under construction
- The segment of the North Ring between DN1 and A3 motorway opened in November 2023, and the remaining three segments are under construction.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "HARTA PROIECTELOR RUTIERE DIN MASTER PLANUL GENERAL DE TRANSPORT ARIE DE ACOPERIRE". Ministerul Transporturilor.
- ^ "Consultanţă pentru elaborarea documentaţiei de atribuire a viitoarelor contracte de concesiune pentru autostrada de centură București". CNADNR. 9 August 2007. Archived from the original on 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- ^ "A fost deschis traficul pe încă o porțiune din Autostrada de Centură A0 a Capitalei". monitorizari.hotnews.ro. 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Şova: Tronsoanele de autostradă Comarnic-Braşov, Craiova-Piteşti şi centura de sud a Capitalei, gata până la alegerile din 2016". Mediafax. 12 May 2013.
- ^ "O noua Centura a Capitalei – Autostrada de Centura (A0) Sud Bucuresti, scoasa la licitatie: 52 km, 580 milioane de euro, finalizare estimata dupa 2022". Hotnews. 6 July 2017.
- ^ "Contract de concesiune de lucrari publice privind proiectarea, constructia, finantarea, operarea si intretinerea Autostrazii de Centura Sud a Municipiului Bucuresti (Km 52+770 – km 100+765) si operarea si intretinerea Autostrazii Bucuresti – Constanta si Autostrazii Bucuresti – Pitesti". CNADNR. 11 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-03-02.
- ^ "Autostrada de Centură Sud a Capitalei: A fost desemnat câștigătorul pentru construcția unui lot de 17,5 km - Infrastructura - HotNews.ro". 27 April 2018.
- ^ "2. Austostrăzi în România. Licitaţii de execuţie lucrări active" (in Romanian). Asociaţia Pro Infrastructură. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Primul contract pentru Autostrada de Centură (A0) a Capitalei s-a semnat sămbătă cu o companie din Turcia / 17 km, 160 mil. euro, 18 luni de licitație". Hotnews. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "2. Austostrăzi în România. Licitaţii de execuţie lucrări active" (in Romanian). Asociaţia Pro Infrastructură. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "HARTĂ INTERACTIVĂ Autostrada de Centură Sud (A0) a Capitalei are acum constructori pe toată lungimea: Ultimul tronson a fost semnat cu turcii de la Alsim Alarko pentru 177 mil. Euro - Infrastructura". HotNews. 26 August 2019.
- ^ "VIDEO A fost deschis traficul pe încă o porțiune din Autostrada de Centură A0 a Capitalei: Se poate circula între DN6, DN5 și DN4 pe partea de sud" (in Romanian). Hotnews. 15 April 2024.
- ^ "A fost lansată licitația pentru trei loturi ale autostrăzii de Centură Nord a Capitalei: 45 km și costuri totale de 2,18 miliarde lei - Infrastructura - HotNews.ro". 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Autostrada de Centură A0: Ultimul lot rămas fără constructor, contractat cu o companie din Italia după o licitație care a durat peste 4 ani". hotnews.ro. 19 September 2023.
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