The general objective of the project is to continue the works started in the 2007-2016 programming period in order to complete the existing infrastructure and equipment with investments that will lead to the realisation of an integrated waste management system (SMID) in Alba County, which will achieve the minimum standards of compliance with the requirements of EU legislation in the environmental sector, as well as the fulfilment of the commitments Romania has made under the Accession Treaty. As regards the specific objectives of the project, they were established on the basis of the objectives of the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme 2014-2020 and of the 2020 Strategy (Thematic Objective 06 – Conservation and protection of the environment and promotion of resource efficiency), namely: — Reducing the amount of waste stored; — Promoting the use of waste for the production of alternative raw materials, by increasing the amount of recycled/valorified waste; — Creating decent living conditions by establishing efficient waste management structures and ensuring a clean living environment. In this context, SMID Alba – Phase II project aims to continue investments in the solid waste management sector, started by SOP ENV 2007-2013, namely: Completion of the construction of the Tartaria Waste Transfer Station and Blaj Waste Transfer Station; Completion of the construction of the sorting station and TMB station within CMID Galda de Jos; Completion of the construction of Galda de Jos Ecological Warehouse; Purchase of equipment related to Galda de Jos Ecological Warehouse (compactor and front loader); Completion of the closure of Alba Iulia’s non-compliant landfill; Supervision of the works, verification of the project related to the ecological landfill of waste, technical assistance from the designer for the ecological landfill, related to the works in phase 2. Completion of construction of access roads (ineligible expenditure): completion of the construction of the access road to CMID Galda de Jos, Construction of access roads to the Taratria Waste Transfer Station and Blaj Waste Transfer Station. Completion of the electricity supply connections of the following investment objectives (ineligible expenditure): CMID Galda de Jos, Waste Transfer Stations Tartaria and Blaj, Non-compliant Waste Warehouses: Abrud, Aiud, Alba Iulia, Blaj and Ocna Mures