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Basarab Overpass Rehabilitation: City Hall Promises Completion Before School Resumes
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Basarab Overpass Rehabilitation: City Hall Promises Completion Before School Resumes

From Adevărul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Bucharest's City Hall announced that rehabilitation work on the Basarab Overpass will shift to the Grozăvești – Titulescu lane in early August, with traffic rerouted to the opposite lane.
  • The city administration assures the overpass will fully reopen to traffic and trams before the school year begins, with further work continuing without disrupting road traffic from September.
  • The extensive rehabilitation project, which began in June, addresses 15 years of degradation, involving 110 workers and over 30 machines operating in two shifts, including Saturdays.

Bucharest's City Hall has announced a shift in traffic management for the ongoing rehabilitation of the Basarab Overpass, effective from the second week of August. Traffic will be rerouted to the opposite lane as work commences on the Grozăvești – Titulescu direction.

We are repairing, in half a year, what has degraded in the last 15 years. To receive it!

— Bucharest City HallDescribing the scope and urgency of the rehabilitation work on the Basarab Overpass.

The administration assures residents that the overpass will be fully operational, with traffic and trams restored, before the start of the new school year. Further rehabilitation work will continue from September through the end of the year, but will not impact road traffic.

From the second week of August, we will move the work to the Grozăvești – Titulescu lane, and cars will circulate on the other lane, in both directions.

— Bucharest City HallExplaining the upcoming traffic rerouting plan for the overpass rehabilitation.

This project aims to repair 15 years of wear and tear, with work beginning on June 20. The rehabilitation involves a significant mobilization of resources, including 110 workers and over 30 pieces of equipment operating in two shifts, six days a week. So far, extensive cleaning, milling, and protective coating have been applied to large sections of the overpass, with asphalt paving set to begin soon. Repairs to guardrails, tram tracks, and expansion joints are also part of the comprehensive effort.

By September, traffic on the overpass will be completely reopened, and trams will return to the tracks.

— Bucharest City HallAssuring the public about the timeline for restoring full traffic and tram service.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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