The Transport and Logistics Strategy 2022 approved by the government of the Republic of Moldova focuses on investments in transport infrastructures with funds in the railway sector being directed to the rehabilitation of the railway network, the modernisation of the fleet of cars and locomotives and the increase of freight and passenger traffic flow.
The implementation of the strategy’s programme of investments will determine the optimisation of accessibility and capacity in order to increase freight volumes and the number of carried passengers. Estimated investments are worth EUR 2.4 Billion and programmes are to be implemented in three phases: short-term, by 2015, medium-term, by 2018 and long-term, by 2022.
The railway and road infrastructure in the Republic of Moldova benefits from external funds for modernisation and rehabilitation and investments will be carried out according to the Transport and Logistics Stra-
tegy for 2022, a document approved by the Moldovan Government. The Minister of Transport and Road Infrastructure, Vasile Botnari, has discussed with the team of foreign investors for Moldova on the development, in partnership, of several projects on the rehabilitation of roads and modernisation of railways in Moldova.
“We want to develop our country, to create jobs and therefore, we have to solve the infrastructure problem as soon as possible. Our objective is to launch infrastructure modernisation works as soon as possible”, declared Minister Vasile Botnari.
“The Transport and Logistics Strategy is an important document that will guide our transport investors in the next 10 years”, declared Chaim Poran, head of the joint investors team for Moldova.
In order to improve transport and increase traffic, the Moldovan Minister of Transport and his Romanian counterpart, Ramona Mănescu, have agreed to stimulate bilateral cooperation to increase the absorption of European funds for transport infrastructure. During a meeting of December 2013, the two ministers decided to set up the groups of experts for all transport modes to identify priority investment projects. Later on, they will be promoted to get financing from the European financial institutions. In his talks with the Romanian Minister of Transport, Vasile Botnari, has highlighted the need to advance strategic infrastructure projects whose development require the attraction of European funds. As regards the modernisation of railways, including the construction of the European-gauge segment Ungheni-Chisinau, Minister Vasile Botnari has presented the short and medium-term projects. “We plan the development of a feasibility study for the construction of the European-gauge segment and of a multifunctional logistics centre in Chisinau. Based on this study, we will try to access European funds because it is an important investment”, said Botnari.
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