Prime Minister Edi Rama calls the relocation of the port of Durrës, from the city center, to Porto Romano, a new chapter in the history of the economy and national security.
During his speech at the activity held in Durres, for the opening of the competition for the construction of the new port, Rama declared that the port in Durrës was an environmental wound for the city.
“Another very meaningful moment, because when we say that we will do this or that, the projects do not start when they are published like today, in the form of a call for expressions of interest.
They start when the whole process begins at the table of data collection, creation of the group of experts, design, opposition, it is always a much longer story than the desire and the limits of patience, since citizens listen and wait and patience, the first is not among the virtues of Albanians, the second, in our times, is one of the rarest goods.
Albanians have waited a long time, centuries to make their own choices, they have always lived in the yoke, as a result of others choosing for them. For the first time, Albanians live with their choice, they have chosen for this country to become part of the united family of free, democratic countries.
From that moment to the solution, it is a separate story. The past is a great burden, just like the port of Durres in the center, a port, an environmental wound, a physical wound that has continuously caused great damage to the perspective and image, but also a wound in socio-economic terms. A
ll that mess, chaos, has been a dark area of criminal activity. The removal of the port from the city center and its placement here, with a typology with new characteristics and dimensions, is the opening of a new chapter in the history of the city and the national economy.
This project has a very big guarantee, the guarantee of one of the best companies in the world, Royal Haskoning. It is a company established in 1881”, emphasized Rama./abcnews.al
