Boagiu admits to disastrous results of Transport Ministry

Anca Boagiu, Transport and Infrastructure Minister, admits that the results of the ministry whose reins she took earlier in September have been disastrous, and announced the removal of Dorina Tiron from her position as general manager of the National Motorways and Roads Company (CNADNR).
"The accountability for these disastrous results for Romania has to be management-related, as well, not only political, because they hurt the absorption of EU infrastructure funds, both pre-accession ones, and funds for the Sectoral Operational Programme - Transport. Mrs. Tiron's explanations have not been conclusive and I am not willing to tolerate this display of managerial inefficiency," said Anca Boagiu, who ordered an inspection at the CNADNR, which found that the company's management had been poor both at administrative level, and in relation to construction companies and consultancies. One explanation could also lie with the fact that the person in charge of motorways, Adrian Ionescu, is trained in agricultural science.
Boagiu also specified the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MTI) needs to be the leading actor when it comes to the absorption of EU funds, which are vital for the relaunch of the Romanian economy. So far, MTI has absorbed only 1.8% of the 2 billion euros allocated by the EU for 2007-2010.
Contacted by ZF, former Transport Minister Radu Berceanu said he did not wish to comment on the results of the Transport Ministry and on the statement of the current minister.