Dolj County Council announces the completion of the modernization project of DJ 561B Segarcea – Valea Stanciului, worth over 14 million euros

Dolj County Council announces the completion of the county road modernization project (DJ) 561B Segarcea – Valea Stanciuluian effort supported by road infrastructure, worth over 14 million euros, the financing coming from two European projects accessed through the Interreg VA Romania – Bulgaria Program.

The investment aimed at the modernization of two sections of DJ 561B Segarcea – Valea Stanciului, with a cumulative length of over 24 kilometers. With the realization of these investments, the entire road artery was modernized, given that a first section, 11 kilometers long, had been completed previously, with non-refundable funds accessed through the Operational Program for Transfrontier Cooperation Romania – Bulgaria.

The general objective is to increase the degree of accessibility of a community of over 14,500 people from Dolj county to the TEN-T network, a community located in the area formed by three localities crossed by the county road DJ561B, Segarcea, Drănic and Valea Stanciului.

“Today we are inaugurating yet another successfully completed investment, which was carried out with European funds and which involved the modernization and rehabilitation of 2 sections of the county road that connects Segarcea to Valea Stanciului.

The works concerned the structure of the road, the restoration of bridges, footbridges, but also safety elements in traffic at the highest standards. In this way, we complete a suite of projects whose completion was marked by the inaugurations of the recent period: 70 kilometers of the Craiova – Cetate road, another 70 kilometers of the DJ 561A Giurgița – Plenița – border of the Mehedinți county, the measures financed by the National Local Development Program2 regarding the county road Amărăștii de Sus – Dăbulenisau the area of ​​the landslide from Murgași.

Overall, we can talk about approximately 300 kilometers of county roads which, in these last 4 years, have either been rehabilitated and modernized through projects with non-reimbursable funds, or have benefited from a new asphalt carpet, following the works carried out by the Society of Roads and Bridges, subordinated to the CJ”, stated the president of the Dolj County Council, Cosmin Vasile.

Within the 2 projects for the modernization of DJ 561B carried out within Interreg VA Romania – Bulgaria, earthworks and works on the road structure were carried out, rainwater collection and routing systems were created, respectively road gutters, road gutters embankment, walled trenches and earth trenches. Transversal, tubular and flagstone bridges were also rehabilitated and modernized.

The access points to the properties were set up in the urban areas, sidewalks, pedestrian crossings equipped with LED warning signs, with solar power, parking lots and bus stops were built. For traffic safety, directional parapets have been installed and radars for measuring the speed of motor vehicles, and resonator markings and road signs were executed and installed.

The event organized in the context of the completion of the investment aimed at the county road 561B was also attended by the vice-presidents CJ Dolj, Antonie Solomon and Mihai Neațu, the county public administrator, Cosmin Durle, and the mayor of Segarcea, Nicolae Tutunaru.

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