At least 1,000 new workplaces will be created this year within road rehabilitation projects that will be implemented in Moldova with foreign funds. In a meeting at the Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure, representatives of foreign construction companies said they already started to employ people, IPN reports.
According to a communique of the Ministry, acting Minister Vasile Botnari said the local workers will represent up to 93% of the staff of some of the companies. “These projects are of major importance for the country. The delays in implementing them are unacceptable and those who will postpone the works will be penalized. The company Pa&Co, which works on the Chisinau-Giurgiulesti road, will pay significant penalties for delays,” he stated.
At the Ministry’s request, the construction companies agreed to employ students of Moldovan vocational schools so that these are able to gain experience in road rehabilitation. “Thousands of well-paid jobs will be created in this sector of the economy over the next few years and we need highly-qualified specialists whom we could employ here, in the country,” said Vasile Botnari.
The representatives of the companies announced that they solved the design-related problems they faced and mobilized equipment, and assured that the works will be resumed at an increased pace so as to recover the lost time.
The Ministry of Transport and Road Infrastructure in 2014 set up new building sites to rehabilitate the national roads R1 Chisinau-Ungheni-Sculeni, R33 Hancesti-Lapusna-M1, Chisinau-Giurgiulesti, and Hancesti-Cimislia. About 2.3 billion lei will be allocated for the works from the funds allocated earlier by the EBRD, the EIB and the European Commission.
