Albania needs to invest 1.25 billion EUR in roads by 2020

12/07/2016 00:00

The EU delegation in Tirana presented the transportation strategy with details of all interventions and priorities.

There are 10 new projects, starting from a new ring road in Tirana (108.5 million EUR), 4 bypass roads in Elbasan, Tepelena, Lezha and Gjirokastra, which need 24 to 35 million EUR.

There are projects for national roads in northern Albania, which will connect Fushe Kruja with Thumana (90 million EUR), Thumana-Kashar (65 million EUR); the completion of the Kukes-Morina road, (24 million EUR), doubling the lanes in the Milot-Morina road, (42.5 million EUR). The only road in Southern Albania is the one of the Vlore River, a 70 million EUR project for which the funds are secured.

493 million EUR are needed in total for the new roads. 128 million EUR are foreseen for maintenance, 55 million for maintaining secondary roads, and 333 million EUR will be used for the other projects.

Now it is up to the government to secure the funds. According to a study, Albania should invest 2.5% of the GDP.

The study foresees that the railway needs 127 million EUR, mostly for the Tirana-Durres line. 10 million EUR should be invested for aviation, 8 million for sea transportation, 43 million EUR for combined intermodal transport.

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