On January 15, 2006 a tender will be held to appoint the entrepreneur to build the Northern Bus Station. The project is evaluated to about 100 million lei and will be finished in the next two years. The counselor of the Chisinau interim Mayor, Tudor Garbu, declared for Info-Prim neo that at the first stage, the access ways and the engineer networks will be constructed, work that will start immediately after the appointment of the responsible entrepreneur. The building of the Northern Station will be started the next year. Garbu says that the present ticket desks, constructed from light materials will be demolished. A “module” that includes the passenger’s room in case of rain and the room for “mothers and children” will be constructed on the grounds of a plan of the Ministry of Transport and Highway Management. The “Module” will be demolished. The project of the Northern Bus Station, also includes spaces for commercial banks, headquarters for economic agents, ticket desks, offices for the Administration of the Bus Station, waiting rooms etc.. Tudor Garbu says that the Northern Bus Station could be renamed Chisinau Bus Station, because central and local authorities intend redirect all the routes of the present Bus Station to this station. The first portion of the Northern station was put into service during local elections in 2003.