Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku, made this Monday the balance of the year 2023, while she said that important infrastructure works are expected to be completed during this year.
During a conference, Minister Balluku listed the Llogara Tunnel, the Thumanë-Kashar axis as well as the Arbri Road.
Balluku emphasized that the need to invest in roads also comes due to the increase in foreign and local visitors, a challenge that, according to her, the government is coping with successfully.
Furthermore, she underlined that the Murriz tunnel did not receive any additional money from the state budget for calendar delays, but the costs were covered by the initial fund.
“2024 will mark two important moments; the delivery of the Llogara tunnel, which has been a dream for many previous governments, but which was realized by the Rama government.
It will be completed and opened at the beginning of the summer season of 2024, it has been a long but well-researched process. There have been challenges in terms of geology, but there has been consistent geology and we have not stopped from the calendar. On June 30, 2024, the work will be delivered.
Another good news, we started the year with an inspection on the Thumane-Kashar axis. It has also been requested from the concessionaire company to follow up and deliver as soon as possible. Thumane-Kashar will be put into operation in the summer of 2024.
A long struggle ends in 2024, we can say this and guarantee that it has been a great joy for MIE, but also for all Albanians who access the Dibra area, since on December 26 we completed the excavations in the Murriz tunnel .
I have been following that process since May 2019. Not a single penny has been spent from the state budget to support delays for Arbri Street.
In December 2024, maybe even sooner, with the completion of the Morrizi tunnel where hundreds of tons of iron have been thrown to hold and guarantee it, the Arbri Road will be finished”, stated Balluku./abcnews.al
