Seizing old cars

The government says that 18% of the road accidents are caused by the car graveyards situated by the road, where circulation speed is very high. It also aims to protect the environment.

“Why does it protect the environment? The normative act is supposed to be accompanied by the licensing process and environmental permits”, declared the Minister of Transport, Public Works and Telecommunication, Sokol Olldashi.

What happens if the businesses do not move 1 kilometer from the roads, or if they fail to receive the licenses and environmental permits. Their old vehicles and car parts will be taken by the Ministry of Defense. The army will transport and deposit them, and they will be sold for scrap in an auction. But here, the opposition sees traces of corruption.

“The owners of these businesses will not be able to move their materials in one month. The government will seize these materials that in total have a value of millions of euros, and will take them from people who work for feeding their families. The Ministry of Defense will transport the metal materials to be melted in Elbasan, a procedure that will give great profits to the family in power”, declared the Socialist MP, Shega Ligori.

Although the Parliament passed it this Thursday, the normative act entered in act right after the Council of Ministers approved it.

Car graveyards to be removed until October 7th

After October 7th, the Ministry of Environment, in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense will start working for removing all business subjects that collect old vehicles and their parts near national roads.

The Deputy Minister of Environment, Taulant Bino declared at the Environment Commission that there are 290 such businesses in Albania, most of them without environment permits.

“The 290 locations are problematic as regards the environment quality and road safety. They must leave the national roads, but this transfer will surely be made through regular requests and under some conditions. They must take permission from the local and environmental authorities, or the car graveyards will be removed after the 1 month deadline, maybe even with the help of other ministries”, Bino declared.

The opposition MPs declared that this act should be implemented, because this way will be identified the cars that stand in these car graveyards, 25% of which might be unregistered and could have been used for criminal purposes.

“The media have been saying that these car graveyards will be cleaned within one month, but people must be clear that this doesn’t solve the problem”, declared the Socialist MP, Blendi Klosi.

Only around Tirana there are 63 car graveyards that cannot find a place where to transfer. If their owners will not move, the army will be involved to seize all their materials.

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