“We have workers from many cultures, many different countries and they work together”

The workers building the Sibiu – Pitesti Highway did not have a day off this year, neither on Easter nor on May 1st. He worked non-stop, in 3 shifts, he reports Observer.

Almost 400 people work on the two tunnels between Pitesti and Curtea de Argeş. The first kilometer of the gallery has already been dug by employees from 14 countries.

Today, they all had a festive meal – the foreigners learned from their Romanian colleagues to say “Christ is Risen” in our language.

Romanians, Croatians, Slovaks, Austrians and Germans, the employees on the Sibiu – Pitesti highway construction site celebrated Easter at work. They ate sarmals, red eggs and cozonac among excavators and concrete mixers.

Adrian Boboiu is away from his family for the first time this Easter. He works in shifts, both day and night, at the first kilometer of the highway tunnel in Romania, close to Curtea de Argeş.

“It’s really the first time I’m away for the holidays. It’s strange… being away from home so… I don’t even have words. There were some colleagues who collected these dishes and we invited the colleagues to enjoy with us. We try to make a team as united as possible”, says the worker.

Ioan Gaigăr, another highway worker claims that he also worked on New Year’s Eve.

“For us it’s something usual. I also worked on New Year’s Day and all the holidays, he explains.

Welwyn, site manager, is Czech, and this year he celebrated Easter with his Romanian colleagues.

“We have workers from many cultures, many different countries and they work together. We are very satisfied with our Romanian colleagues. We work day and night shifts, seven days a week. We have eight teams working on the work. It’s quite demanding work, but we’re on the right track,” said Welwyn.

The high-speed highway will have a total of 122 kilometers, will connect Muntenia with Transylvania and connect with the highway to the West.

“There are still 12 structures, bridges, passages, viaducts. The longest viaduct on this sector is around 650 meters. The deadline is in 2026, now we are ahead of the deadline, even if there were some problems encountered with sand areas”, explains Ionel Scrioşteanu, state secretary of the Ministry of Transport.

The road that now connects Pitesti to Sibiu is one of the busiest and busiest in the country. 65,000 cars pass the DN7 every day, at an average speed of 35 kilometers per hour, according to a traffic study commissioned by the Ministry of Transport.

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