The U.S. Government’s Compact will rehabilitate 7 km of national and local roads additionally to the 93 km Sarateni-Soroca road. The rehabilitation of the additional road segments will cost about US$4.3 million, IPN reports, quoting a press release of the Millennium Challenge Account Moldova.

The new road segments to be rehabilitated include a 1.2 km segment of the local road to the Soroca town and a 1.6 km segment of the R14 road stretching from the Sarateni-Junction to Balti and the access road to the fire station in the Soroca town. Moreover, the public parking lots will be paved and new bus stations will be built for the communities along the Sarateni-Soroca road. The deadline for performance of the new works was extended till the end of September 2014.

The rehabilitation of the 93 km Sarateni-Soroca road is one of the U.S. Government’s Compact objectives. It started in the autumn of 2012 and includes modernization of the road infrastructure and rehabilitation of 7 km of local roads along the Sarateni-Soroca road. The total cost of the rehabilitation works is about US$100 million.

Launched on September 1, 2010, the US$262 million Compact aims to contribute, by 2015, to economic growth and poverty reduction in Moldova by rehabilitating the road infrastructure and supporting transition to high-value agriculture. The program is implemented by the Millennium Challenge Account Moldova.