The grand asphalt work blocks the Capital! This is what scared many of the people living in Bucharest. It started as a rumor in certain neighborhoods. The specialists say there is a lot of paper work before starting to build an overpass or to rehabilitate a boulevard. Until then, Bucharest remains a suffocated city.
The Basarab Overpass, together with other smaller overpasses, 22 underground parking places, the rehabilitation of more than 100 boulevards, the perforation of the Buzesti-Berzei-Uranus artery, and the reconfiguration of the area around the Izvor Park right next to the Parliamentâs Palace, due to the building of the Peopleâs Cathedral are just some of the projects that the officials have been talking about in the past years, ever since Traian Basescu was still the Mayor of Bucharest. Why didnât they go through? The specialist blame the paperwork for that. Many auctions, feasibility, project and construction studies.
GREAT EXPECTANCE. Moreover, the papers for the main projects for the overpasses, parking places, perforations and asphalt work take a little more time. "May will be the "rush-month". The asphalt work will start on 52 streets. The auction for the Basarab overpass will take place on March 31st, and the work will start in May. It will start from the Orhideea area. The demands of the owners in Titulescu have been taken into consideration. We will rehabilitate the Grant Bridge as well. There will only be one way here", Gheorghe Udriste, director in the Bucharest City Hall, said. There is no meaning in talking about any detours since Bucharest is already blocked. However, the authorities say they will find a solution together with the Police. It is hard to believe, if we take into consideration the fact that they didnât reach any solution by now. "I publicly admit that there will be two hard years for the traffic in Bucharest. We
