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The Lake Delia promenade in Ungheni, with grey paving laid along the water and, next to it, strips of gravel not yet landscaped, edged with kerbs, under a cloudy sky
LOCAL

Lake Delia promenade: the site board gave completion as 24 September, the tender required 5 months from the notice to proceed

The 24 September 2026 deadline on the construction site board of the Lake Delia promenade has passed, and the works are continuing. The tender documents, however, require 5 months of execution from the notice to proceed (start order), and the contract is valid until 31 December 2026. Counted from the start date on the board, 24 June, the 5 months would end on 24 November. According to the model agreement approved in Ungheni, the money from Cluj-Napoca is paid after the works are accepted.

Ion Calmis·23 October 2026· News
The Lake Delia promenade in Ungheni, with grey paving laid along the water and, next to it, strips of still unfinished gravel edged by kerbs, under an overcast sky
LOCAL

Ungheni's lakeside promenade on Lake Delia, over 470 metres long, is now paved. Cycle lanes and green areas come next

Paving has been laid on the promenade of more than 470 metres along Lake Delia, the Ungheni City Hall says. Pedestrian areas, cycle lanes, green spaces and spots for trade are still to come. The contract with the company Balt-Cons is worth 5,759,683 lei including VAT, and Cluj-Napoca's share is transferred after the works are formally accepted.

Ion Calmis·20 October 2026· News
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A crowded beach on the shore of a lake: dozens of people, adults and children, on the sand and in the water, on a sunny summer day.
PUBLIC SERVICES

Lake Delia water is class V for the third summer running — the municipal beach stays open

After the fish die-off in early August, Ungheni City Hall requested a water sample from Lake Delia. The result, released by the Public Health Centre on August 11: water unfit for bathing — class V (the lowest) by chemical parameters. It is the third year in a row with class V results (2024, 2025, 2026), and the area has no sanitary authorization and is not on the monitoring calendar. The municipal beach stays open, with lifeguards. What this means for anyone who swims there — and where you can swim safely.

Ion Calmis·11 August 2026· News
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A dead fish floating belly-up in the murky, green-brown water of a lake.
PUBLIC SERVICES

Delia, the lake with an open beach and untested water: dead fish in early August

In early August, a fish die-off occurred in Ungheni's Lake Delia. On the shore of the same lake, the municipal beach has been open since 21 June, with lifeguards — even though the Public Health Centre says the area has no sanitary permit, that in 2026 not a single water sample was taken and that swimming ought to be banned. What the documents say, what the institutions say, and where you can still swim.

Ion Calmis·9 August 2026· News
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Project rendering of a promenade on a lake shore: a paved walkway, a red bike lane, long concrete benches with wooden slats, trees and blocks of flats in the background, with a few passers-by, a cyclist and a young man on a scooter.
LOCAL

39% of the first stage of Ungheni's Lake Delia promenade comes from Cluj

The Cluj-Napoca Local Council voted on 20 July to give 593,000 Romanian lei (RON) for the development of the promenade on Lake Delia in Ungheni. The financing agreement, annexed to the decision of the Ungheni Municipal Council, shows that the first stage costs €288,387.80 — about 5.8 million Moldovan lei (MDL) — and that the Cluj share amounts to €113,247.88, that is 39.3% of the total. The remaining 60.7% is paid by Ungheni. The contract was awarded back in May to SRL Balt-Cons of Pîrlița, for 5,759,683.36 Moldovan lei including VAT, and the request to Cluj had gone out as early as December.

Ion Calmis·29 July 2026· Analysis
Ungheni performers in traditional folk costume — white embroidered shirts, skirts with red stripes, men in hats and waistcoats — pose as a group in a park with green trees.
LOCAL

Floods move the Sânziene Unghenene festival off Delia island into the city centre, on 5 July

“Sânziene Unghenene”, the flagship festival of the Ungheni summer, cannot return this year to the island on Lake Delia, where it was held in 2025. The Palace of Culture cites the aftermath of the May floods — and the footbridge to the island is still not ready. The 2026 edition comes down on 5 July into the heart of the city, to Scuarul Înfrățirii and Independence Square, with a procession, the Sânziene Hora, folk-costume workshops and the “Sânziana” contest.

Ion Calmis·21 June 2026· News
A compact skid-steer loader spreads fresh sand on the Lake Delia beach in Ungheni, beside a row of thatched umbrellas and wooden benches, with the water and the far shore behind in summer light.
LOCAL

Ungheni opens its Prut and Delia beaches on Sunday — with lifeguards, a rarity in a country where 18 people have drowned in 2026

Mayor Vitalie Vrabie has signed the order opening the 2026 summer season at the municipal beaches on the Prut River and Lake Delia from 21 June, with lifeguards on duty all summer. In a country where almost all drownings happen at unsupervised spots — 18 people have died that way since the start of 2026 — a beach with a lifeguard post is not a formality but a safety measure.

Ion Calmis·21 June 2026· News