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Bucharest (pte022/10.02.2003/11:00) - British engineering consultants JacobsGibb are facing legal action by the Romanian government over claims the company's poor advice led to a botched repair job on a highway.
The Romanian transport ministry is demanding compensation from the firm after it proposed a sand-based asphalt covering for a 70 mile stretch of motorway between the Romanian capital, Bucharest, and the city of Pitesti.
The ministry claims the highway, which was resurfaced with asphalt in autumn 2000 based on JacobsGibb's recommendations, is now dotted with potholes.
Transport Minister Miron Mitrea told the daily 'Evenimentul Zilei': "We are demanding all related damages from them. They offered the wrong solution. Jacobs Gibb proposed an asphalt composition based on sand which is usually good for car parks or playgrounds but never for a key highway.
"The highway has become a drivers' nightmare with hundreds of holes."
Mitrea said the government had ploughed 5 million pounds into the initial project. He said it will have to invest millions more to repair the damage and resurface the highway.
The government has not said how much money it will demand from the company, but local media have suggested the amount could run into millions of pounds.
JacobsGibb has made no comment on the legal action.
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