Jiu Valley Portal

Infrastructure

1. Transportation

· The Road Network The total length of the road network is of approx. 120 km. Roads of the second technical category (with 4 strips) can be found only on 4 km, on the following streets: 1 Decembrie 1918, Avram lancu and the transit road that starches along the Petrosani- Tg. Jiu railway. The North -South line of the city is made up of the: Fabricilor, Livezeni, 1 Decembrie 1918 streets. In front of the stadium starts a new street that passes by Piata Victoriei continues on Daranesti Street and goes on towards Hateg.

The access Road from Petrosani to Rusu chalet is modernized. In the Parang area there are two roads: the interior one that starts from Rusu cabin and goes to the ANEFS cabin and the road that follows the line of Guniu peak. The neighboring roads of Petrosani need to be modernized as well. The road Oradea - Deva - Petrosani - Targu Jiu - Craiova and the East-West line that will connect Brezoi (Olt Valley) - Petrosani - Orsova (Cerna Valley) need to be updated.

· The Railway Network. The North - South railway line that ties Transylvania of Oltenia, through Jiu Valley (Simeria - Petrosani - Târgu Jiu - Filiasi) crosses Petrosani. The railway Petrosani - Simeria railway links the former with the main Transylvanian cities (Deva, Arad, Cluj).

· Aerial Transportation. The closest national airports are at Caransebes and Sibiu. A new airport is going to be built between Deva and Alba lulia. The aforementioned project is important for the zone's accessibility.

The telephonic cables are aerial and underground, following the lines of the city's streets. The automatic dispatcher is type 7D and has a capacity of 5,000 telephonic lines. The dispatcher is in the post office building. GSM telephony services are provided by CONNEX and DIALOG. In the future, Petrosani is going to be included in the optic fiber circuit.

· Water Network. The water system is centralized. The system has two zonal sub-systems: East Jiu and West Jiu. The surface water sources are: Valea de Pesti River, Taia River and Jiet River. The underground water is taken from the Jiet aquifer layer. The latter is located before the Jiet gorge. The treatment, transportation and storage of the water are done separately for each of the sources mentioned above. The distribution network is ring shaped and its length is of 70 km. The temporary water shortages as well as the low pressures that occur during high consumption hours take place due to East Jiu and West Jiu zonal systems deficiencies as well as to the inadequate storage capacity of Petrosani reservoirs.

· Natural Gas Network. The natural gas network is still under construction. In 01.01.2001 the length of the distribution network was of 18.5 km of which 12.5 km in Aeroport neighborhood and 6 km in Carpati neighborhood. The network provided gas for 2,878 homes for domestic use and 62 homes for heating and domestic use.

· Electrical Power Network. The National Energetic System supplies power to Petrosani through 6 conversion stations:

- The power network has: aerial and underground, medium tension lines (20 and 6 kilowatts); medium tension conversion stations and a low tension, aerial and underground net. The public lighting network is powered through a low tension net that has a common path with the one for private consumption. The electric power consumption of the entire city is of 25 Megawatts.

· Thermo energy distribution network. Petrosani receives thermo energy from the SE Paroseni plant through 31 thermo points. Out of the aforementioned, all the homes and social-cultural establishments receive hot water and heath. The thermo energy network is mostly underground, together with all the other subterraneous networks. Nevertheless, some of the pipelines are above ground level, mounted on scaffolds.

· Sewer Network. The collection of sewage is done using a main collector sewer that comes from Petrila, goes across Petrosani and flows in the water treatment plant in Livezeni. The smaller sewer systems flow in the main collector. The total length of the sewer systems is of 55.6 km.