The Elbasan-Lekaj road turns into a highway, ARRSH opens 6 tenders with a limit fund of 150 million euros

2024-10-07 12:02:30Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The Elbasan-Lekaj road turns into a highway, ARRSH opens 6 tenders with a limit

The road axis from Elbasan to Rrogozhin will turn into a highway, with at least 2 lanes in each direction of movement. With a total limit fund of 15 billion lek or about 150 million euros, the Albanian Road Authority has opened 6 tenders for the construction of this road, which is part of corridor 8.

According to the tender documents, the project starts near the former Metallurgical Plant in Elbasan, where the connection will be made with the Elbasain bypass that is being designed up to Lekaj, where it will join the existing blue corridor highway. The length of the road is 40.7km and passes through the regions of Elbasan (Bradashesh, Shirgjan, Gjegjan, Cërrik, Papër), Peqin (Pajovë, Shez, Gjocaj, Peqin, Karine) and Kavajë (Sinaballaj, Rrogozhinë).

Based on the road category, the speed allowed after the completion of the works will be in the range of 90 km/h to 140 km/h.

Corridor 8" is considered as the core infrastructure project in our country, as it is expected to take the flows in ports, airports and logistics to another level, as according to studies there will be an increase in volumes in ports by over 40%.

The main footprint of Corridor 8 includes sea and river ports, airports, multimodal ports, roads and railways, with a total of 1,270 km of rail and 960 km of road. It starts from the southern Italian ports of Bari and Brindisi to the Albanian ports of Durres and Vlora, then through the capitals – Tirana, Skopje, Sofia – via Plovdiv, ending in the Bulgarian ports of Burgas and Varna on the Black Sea.

In the Albanian territory, it extends to about 154 km, while work is currently being done on 8 other lots from Elbasan, in the direction of North Macedonia.


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