The program to repair local roads will be continued. The Government approved the allocation of 452 million lei from the road fund for repairing the roads of access to social facilities in villages and towns, IPN reports.

The list of the 707 social facilities the access roads to which will be improved were consulted with the local public authorities. “Priority will be given to the access roads to schools, medical centers and other social facilities,” said Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure Vasile Botnari.

The 2015 road fund is 1.523, 748 billion, an increase of 159.5 million lei on last year.

The road fund is used to finance, maintain, repair and reconstruct national and local public roads and to purchase the equipment needed to maintain the roads.