TIRANA, April 10/ATA/-Early April 2018, the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) started reconstructing an 8.5km road segment in the Municipality of Fier, which is used by more than 14 villages. In addition to benefiting the residents of the area, this road will enable safer transport for tourists travelling to the Apollonia Archaeology Park and the Seman and Darzeza beaches.
As previously announced, immediately upon concluding the haulage of the bulk stone material and heavy machinery to be transported to the Compressor Station in Fier, TAP has started works to rehabilitate this road segment.
Now that the weather has improved, the asphalt paving can commence and will be completed before the summer season and the heavier tourist traffic. The assessment of the road condition was undertaken in cooperation with the local authorities, and the road rehabilitation costs are covered jointly by TAP and its Contractor, Spiecapag.
The Dermenas Road is not the only TAP investment aiming to improve the road infrastructure in the Municipality of Fier. TAP has built approximately 8 km of new roads in this region. In addition, TAP has rehabilitated approximately 33 km of existing roads, of which 10 km have been paved by TAP, while another 6.5 km have been paved by the Municipality of Fier. A series of inner roads in several villages have also been improved.
This cooperation will continue with other infrastructure projects and social and environmental investments. During the first access road and bridges rehabilitation phase in Albania, in collaboration with the Albanian Government and authorities, TAP rehabilitated approximately 58 km in road, built 2 new bridges, and upgraded 40 existing bridges.
As part of the second road infrastructure rehabilitation phase, TAP is upgrading another 120 km of road and 87% of works have already been completed. /m.z//r.e//p.s./
