Romania ranks last among Eastern European countries in terms of the number of kmof highways per 1,000 square km, according to a report from the Competition Council. Romania has only 1.5 km of highway per 1000 square km, with a total of 350 km.

“The modernization of the Romanian infrastructure at European standards is one of the priorities for the next period. The motorway and road construction market is a growing market, because of the projects concerning the construction of over 500 km of motorways until 2013, the restoration of around 900 km of national roads and the construction of 10,000 km county and local interest roads until 2020,” the report finds.

Poland ranks first with a total of 837 km of highway, followed by the Czech Republic with 727 km, Hungary with 696 km, and Bulgaria with 459 km. In terms of number of km of highways per 1000 square km, the Czech Republic ranks first with 9.2 km of highway per 1000 square km, followed by Hungary with 7.5 km, Bulgaria with 4.1 km, and Poland with 2.7 km.

Read the entire report (in Romanian and in English) here.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

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