The A8 highway may not be fully completed by 2030, says expert Adrian Covăsnianu on his Facebook page.
Autostrada A8 și termenul de finalizare a coridorului TEN-T Core 2030 – o analiză realistă, pe fapte!
says Adrian Covăsnianu, vice-president of „Moldova wants a highway” (MVA).
Raportul recent al Curții de Conturi Europene arată clar un lucru: chiar și proiecte TEN-T mult mai avansate, precum Autostrada A1, au depășit estimările inițiale. Termenul 2027, 2028 a fost abandonat, iar calendarul revizuit împinge finalizarea integrală a secțiunii montane Sibiu – Pitești spre 2029, ca urmare a întârzierilor structurale, duratelor contractuale, problemelor legate de avize și autorizații, precum și a deficiențelor de guvernanță
”Applying the same analysis grid to the Unirii Highway (A8), the conclusion is even more worrying. The current situation of the A8 motorway (January 2026): 55 km under construction out of more than 300 km, design and execution tenders launched but contested on the Iasi sector; mountainous area (the most difficult): Design and Execution contracts recently signed (2025), work start orders not fully issued, contract durations up to 54 months (4 years and 6 months)...This means that at the beginning of 2026, just over 18% of the length of the Autostrada Unirii is actually under execution”says the analyst.
”The A8 highway cannot be fully completed by 2030 in its current technical and administrative state. Isolated sections can be delivered, but not a functioning TEN-T Core corridor. Maintaining the „A8 in 2030” rhetoric, without real implementation coverage, risks: loss of institutional credibility, additional European pressures, forced rescheduling and strategy corrections”says Adrian Covăsnianu.
