Romania to open 47 kilometers of A7 motorway between Adjud and Bacău on 31 August

Scheduled opening of the Adjud to Bacău motorway

On Monday, 31 August 2026 at 16:00, Romania's National Company for Road Infrastructure Administration (CNAIR) will open traffic on 47.1 kilometers of the A7 Moldavia Motorway between Adjud and Bacău Sud. CNAIR Director General Cristian Pistol inspected the site on 27 August alongside the Romanian contracting consortium consisting of UMB Spedition, SA&PE Construct, and Tehnostrade as crews finished final markings and roadside installations. This opening will expand the operational network of the A7 motorway to 241.62 kilometers out of the planned 319 kilometers connecting Ploiești to Pașcani. For drivers departing from Bucharest, the new segment creates a continuous high-speed corridor of more than 300 kilometers to the area north of Bacău by linking the A3 and A7 motorways.

Staged access and Bacău bypass junction

Vehicular traffic on the newly opened section will initially terminate at the junction of the Bacău bypass, which provides access to national road DN2F toward Vaslui. CNAIR confirmed that the final four kilometers leading to the Bacău Nord interchange will remain closed on 31 August because connection works are still underway. The agency decided on a phased schedule to ensure that all junction ramps and safety systems are fully operational before vehicles enter. Cristian Pistol noted that the remaining four kilometers will open shortly after technical connection works finish.

We chose this phasing for a single reason: we open each kilometer only when its connections are complete and safe.

Funding transition for the Bacău to Pașcani segment

North of Bacău, a 77.38-kilometer segment reaching Pașcani remains under active construction under a 4.7 billion lei contract signed in February 2023 with UMB. While work completed up to 31 August received funding through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced that remaining construction will be financed directly from the Romanian state budget in the coming months. CNAIR data indicates that execution progress has surpassed 65% on Lot 1 between Săucești and Trifești (30.3 km) and Lot 2 between Trifești and Gherăiești/Mircești (18.99 km). Work on Lot 3 between Mircești and Pașcani (28.09 km) stands at approximately 50%.

The works carried out so far were financed through the PNRR, and after August 31, funding for this last sector will continue, in the coming months, from the state budget.

Northern infrastructure and political reactions

Planning for the A7 corridor extends beyond Pașcani toward the Ukrainian border. In 2026, construction contracts were expanded to cover the Pașcani-Suceava section and the continuation to Siret. Those segments, along with the Pașcani-Iași-Ungheni section of the A8 motorway, are included in projects backed by the European Union's SAFE instrument, utilizing part of 4.2 billion euros allocated for dual civil and military infrastructure. The announcement also drew criticism from the Social Democratic Party (PSD). On the 114th day of the interim cabinet, the PSD released a statement criticizing Bolojan for taking credit for highway segments initiated under earlier administrations. Ahead of the public launch, State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport Irinel Scrioșteanu reported completing the test drive between Bucharest and Bacău on the motorway route in two hours and 11 minutes.