ALBANIA: Berisha, 2010 ROUTE WITHIN A NEW HIGHWAY WORK TIRANA

(AGI) - Tirana, February 8 - It is significantly shorter journey times of Corridor VIII in Albania. The premier, Sali Berisha, who was visiting Elbasan has announced that by 2010 it started work on building the new highway that will connect 'directly to the capital Tirana to Elbasan. "The project for the highway Tirana-Elbasan and 'complete, and this year we will start the construction of this road that shorten' the distranzza between Elbasa and Tirana but reduce 'means the distance between Tirana, Korca, Berat and Tepelene" . Albanian Prime Minister for the new road will be 'another major infrastructure projects that engage the government in the coming years after completion of the highway between the Port of Durres and Kosovo. The design and 'extremely ambitious and challenging because' it will be treated 'to make large tunnels to overcome the mountains that separate the capital from the city' of Elbasan, an industrial center and hub of communications to the south east of the country and to Macedonia along Corridor VIII. Currently, the road that connects Tirana to Elbasan, climbs mountains, making it extremely dangerous especially in winter, while the highway along Corridor VIII from the Port of Durres heads south to Rogozhin, and then to Elbasan, reaching significantly path. The Corridor VIII and 'an axis of the links connecting the ports of Bari and Brindisi with the port of Durres and through Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria reach the ports of Burgas and Varna on the Black Sea (AGI) Cle / Tib

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