Moldovan PM participates in inaugurated of restored road in central district village

Chisinau, 19 October /MOLDPRES/ - A road restored within the Good Roads for Moldova programme today was made available for use in the Sireti village, central Straseni district, the government’s communication and protocol department has reported.

Attending the inauguration of the renovated road was Prime Minister Pavel Filip, who stressed the importance of this programme. “So far, the local roads have been paid less attention, with the emphasis put on the national and regional roads. But, in fact, the local road is important for people, from the gate to school, to mayoralty,” the PM noted.   

The renovated road has a length of 354 metres and leads to school, as well as to the monastery from the settlement. The cost of the rehabilitation works was about 975,000 lei.  

Pavel Filip stressed that infrastructure was one of the pillars staying at the basis of the state’s development, besides education and supremacy of law. “If you have good roads, the economy is also developing, investments are coming,” the prime minister said. At the same time, the PM also said that, in 2019, the authorities would repair twice as many roads within this programme and the financial means would be doubled to this end.

Thirty eight segments of local and regional roads are to be restored in the Straseni district this year, of which 23 have been already renovated. Presently, repair works take place on another six construction sites and another nine road segments are to be rehabilitated till late 2018. The cost of the works exceeds 32 million lei.