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II.2.2 Basic infrastructure
A.) Transport infrastructure:
Road
Bistrita municipality is situated on national road DN
17, which is also European road E 578, that connects
the bordering counties of Suceava and Cluj. It
connects the DN 15 A and DN 17 C, and connects
Bistrita with the counties Maramures and Mures.
The national roads DN 17, DN 17A, DN 17C, DN 17D
form the basic network that connects Bistrita
municipality with all the localities of the county.
The national road DN 17 crosses the localities of
Viisoara and Unirea, where it is the main road, while in
the actually city, the route follows the streets Libertatii,
Independentei, Garii, Republicii, 1st of December and
Moldovei Road. DN 17 is the main connection
between Transylvania and the north of Moldavia and
the only one used for heavy traffic.
The network of roads between the localities in Bistrita
municipality is as follows:
- DN 17 – Viişoara – Bistrita - Unirea
- DJ 154 – Sărata - Bistrita (DN17)
- DJ 151 – Sigmir - Bistrita (DN17)
- DJ 172 B – Slătiniţa - Unirea (DN 17)
- DC 8 – Ghinda - Bistrita
• Road traffic in Bistrita municipality: analysis
of the current situation
Bistrita municipality is situated in the eastern part of
Transylvania, close to the European road E 60 Oradea
- Cluj-Tg. Mures - Brasov, which intersects the road
DN 17 (E 576) and continues with E 58 Dej - Bistrita -
Vatra Dornei - Suceava and the county roads 17 C
(connection with Nasaud city) and 15 A (connection
with Reghin city).
Bistrita municipality is situated at the crossroads of
several important European and national roads that
cross the country from east to west and connect
Transylvania with northern Moldavia and from south to
north connect Transylvania with Maramures.
• European traffic
The road junction is located on the European road
E 58 at approx. 280 km from the western border.
There is intense merchandise and passenger
traffic from east to west, connecting Hungary and
Ukraine.
• National traffic
The roads DN 15A and DN 17 C, of national and intercounty
importance, connect the bordering counties of
Maramures and Mures.
DN 17 (E 58) crosses the municipality’s administrative
territory through the central streets of the localities of
Viisoara, Bistrita and Unirea.
• Local traffic
Locally important connections use DN 17, Viisoara -
Bistrita; Bistrita - Unirea; DJ 172B: Unirea -Slatiniţa;
DJ 151 Bistrita -Sigmir; DJ 154 Bistrita -Sărata; DC 8
Bistrita -Ghinda.
Railway traffic
Bistrita municipality is connected to the national
railway network, although no railway line crosses it.
The railway lines crossing Bistrita county are 15-20 km
from the municipality and they connect with the entire
country.
Air traffic
Bistrita municipality does not have an airport, the
closest domestic and international airports are 120 km
away – in Cluj-Napoca – and 100 km away – in Targu-
Mures.
• Local public transport
Passenger transport in Bistrita municipality is
established by Local Council Decision no. 91 from 28t
May 2001 and is performed based on the “Local public
transportation for passengers through regular services
Programme”, approved annually by the Local Council
of Bistrita municipality.
The transportation programme includes:
- the nominal list of transport routes
- the traffic schemes for each route
- the number of vehicles necessary for the route
The local transportation programme establishes a
number of 10 routes to be allotted to the transport
operators according to the tender organised by the
mayoralty of Bistrita municipality.