"Roads that remained roads", another 3.5 million euros for Qukës - Qafë Plloë. Will it be inaugurated in 2025?!

2024-12-02 15:47:59Investigim SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Qukës-Qafë Plloë axis

Ten years ago, the construction of the Qukës - Qafë Plloçë road began, which aimed to bring the Korçë region closer to Tirana. The wasted money seems to have gone to waste, as year after year, the government has allocated tens of millions of additional euros. With this money, it was intended that the road would be finished, as the statesmen have given deadlines for the inauguration, but until today everyone has "lied". Currently, the deadline for the inauguration is given in 2025, without even specifying the month. But will the "promise" be kept by the current leaders of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Directorate of Roads?!

"Roads that remained roads", another 3.5 million euros for Qukës
Announcement of the new tender for the Qukës - Qafë Plloë road, worth about 3.5 million euros

The government on the one hand promises openness and on the other hand continues to increase funds. According to the documents available to VoxNews, the Albanian Road Authority has opened the "bag", where after the tenders for Elbasan - Rrogozhinë and Fier - Ballsh, the turn has come for additions for this segment.

Director Gentian Gjyli has signed the tender with the object "completion of works on the road segment Qukës - Qafë Plloçë", as it is about construction works for highways and roads. The limit fund of this procedure is 335,957,708 ALL without VAT, or about 3.5 million euros, while the duration of the contract/framework agreement or the deadline for its implementation is 6 months.

So, it will take at least another 6 months for this route! The procedure will take place on December 13, after a few weeks the winner will be announced and the contract will be signed later. At these rates, it seems that the contract will be concluded in the first months of 2025 and the conclusion is expected to be realized in the summer of 2025. Will they inaugurate it again in 2025?!

"Roads that remained roads", another 3.5 million euros for Qukës
The Albanian Road Authority writes that even the additional contract money did not fix the segment

The abuses of the Qukës - Qafë Plloçë road have also been accepted by the Albanian Road Authority, which has also made a report in the documents, "on the verification of the remaining works in the object of completing the works in the Qukës - Qafë Plloçë - Lot 0 road segment".

It is written in the documents that, based on the order of the general director with number 300, dated 01.10.2024, the working group verified the remaining works. "The works on the object 'Construction of the road Qukës - Qafë Plloçë', lot 1, started in June 2009 and ended in December 2014. The project of this road segment was submitted to ARRSH in 2008 by the Municipality of Qukës and was designed by the firm designer 'SPHAERA'. During the implementation of the works, a massive landslide occurred where, in addition to the village that was on the left side of the road, the body of the road, the concrete receiving walls, the works of art such as tombino, etc. were damaged to a significant extent" these documents state.

It further follows that, as a result of this sliding phenomenon, the axis was moved to a length of about 800ml, which had an additional cost of 20% of the contract value. "We emphasize that even with the additional funds, the facility was not completed 100% and was not put into use, as the road layers, horizontal and vertical signage, road safety, some elements of the bridge, concrete culverts, channels, optical fibers remained unfinished. The working group came to the conclusion that in this lot the road layers, the coating layer (carpet) 5 cm, the connecting layer, the conglomerate layer, the base layer have not been implemented.

Meanwhile, by the end of December 2022, the financial bill for the construction has reached 270 million dollars. This project, meanwhile, was expected to be completed at a cost of 150 million USD. The entire road has a length of about 43.3 km, divided into 3 lots.

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