The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) ascertained that the project to build the Ungheni-Chisinau gas pipeline is feasible, acting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Stephane Bride said in the February 14 meeting of the interim Cabinet, IPN reports.

Stephane Bride noted that when the study is translated into Romanian, it will be proposed for public debates. The building works are to start this year.

Acting Prime Minister Gheorghe Brega said they should insist on building a pipe with the diameter of 600 mm, not 500 mm as the feasibility study provides, so as to exclude the necessity of constructing a compressor station on Romania’s territory. Also, the transportation capacity of the pipe should be increased to 2.5 billion cubic meters a year.

The EU will allocate €10 million for building the Ungheni- Chisinau gas pipeline. The rest of the money will be allocated from loans that will be taken out from the EBRD and the European Investment Bank.