Timiş mayoralties join forces to attract European funds

14 mayoralties, the Timi County Council şi and the Mayoralty of Timişoara have signed an agreement to create the Association for Intercommunity Development - Timişoara Growth Pole, by which the Authorities are looking to attract European funding. The association will allow access to the 71.5 million Euros allocated to the Western Region for Timişoara, which is a national pole for economic growth. Access to these funds is subject to project submissions. The mayor of Timişoara, Gheorghe Ciuhandu, who is also the president of the Association, said that each mayoralty has projects ready for which they are looking to receive funding, and they deal with locations within the cities. There are also projects which involve collaboration between cities. "The mayoralty of Timişoara, has a project for the city"s center, for Victoria Square and the Banat Museum, for the expansion of the transportation network towards Moşniţa and Ghiroda, but there are also other projects that are looking to rehabilitate the sewer and water networks", Mr. Ciuhandu said.

The mayor of the town of Sânmihaiul Român, Viorel Bara, said: "One of the opportunities we are looking for, would be the extension of the tramway line for the Polonă area in Timi oara towards our commune. A project which our commune has an interest in would be the rehabilitation of the road between the commune of Sânmihaiul Român and Săcălaz".

The Association for Intercommunity Development Timişoara includes the communes of Dumbrăviţa, Giarmata, Ghiroda, Remetea Mare, Bucovăţ, Moşniţa Nouă, Giroc, Şag, Sânmihaiu Român, Săcălaz, Dudeştii Noi, Becicherecu Mic, Orţişoara, Pişchia, Timişoara and the Timi County Council. Some of these cities are considered residential areas of Timişoara, and due to the development in real estate in the last ten years, some of them are almost part of the city of Timi oara.