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The Development Minister has unblocked outstanding payments for 1,106 projects funded through the “Anghel Saligny” Program

Riana Gegiu

6 November 2026, 16:38

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Marcel-Alexandru Stoica, Minister of Development, Public Works and Administration, announced on Friday that payments for projects funded through the National Investment Program “Anghel Saligny” had been unblocked. The ministry transferred nearly 917 million lei to reimburse 1,106 infrastructure projects.

Of the total 2.3 billion lei in outstanding payments, the authorities will pay 39.5% of each claim uploaded to the MDLPA platform by September 11, 2026. The difference is to be covered at the next budget rectification. The funds were allocated following last week’s budget rectification, through which the ministry received nearly 1.1 billion lei.

The projects concern the rehabilitation and modernization of roads, water and sewage networks, wastewater treatment plants, stormwater drainage, and smart natural gas distribution systems.

At the same stage, the MDLPA reimbursed 258.6 million lei for 407 investments carried out through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Of this amount, 153.97 million lei was allocated for 90 invoices under the “Renovation Wave” component, 88.65 million lei for 289 invoices under the “Local Fund,” and 16 million lei for 28 invoices related to the “Education” component, intended for the construction of new nurseries.

Context: before the unblocking of payments, the government was pursuing the centralization of PNRR invoices and supplementing budgets to avoid bottlenecks

A few days earlier, the new Minister of Development, Administration and Public Works, Alexandru Stoica, had requested the nationwide centralization of all outstanding invoices for projects financed through the PNRR, in order to provide the basis for the 2027 state budget bill. He requested a detailed record of unpaid invoices, including the beneficiary town halls and the works for which payment obligations existed, warning that some companies were close to bankruptcy.

At the same time, the Ministry of Finance announced increases of more than 2 billion lei for the budgets of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of the Environment, intended to pay PNRR-related invoices, prevent bottlenecks, and ensure payment predictability. Separately, the Ministry of Energy reported accelerated processing of PNRR payments, including amounts paid and transfer requests authorized over a period of several days, with a view to closing the program earlier.