TIRANA, Sept 7 /ATA/ – Second phase of a project designed to lengthen the Vlora Waterfront Promenade to the Uji i Ftohte tunnel in the southern coastal city is already underway.
Prime Minister Edi Rama, accompanied by the Mayor of Vlora Dritan Leli, inspected Saturday this segment where demolition work kicked off to make way for the infrastructure and urban requalification project in the entire area.
The project’s second phase includes construction of a series of water pools for both children and adults, and seashore recreational spaces that will link to the promenade via a set of steps.
“The project, which has already commenced with the demolition of all illegal buildings and other structures built over the years, is designed to restore the area to its former glory and identity by creating new beach areas, other public spaces like parks, sports and recreational grounds and squares,” Mayor Leli said.
“The whole area need to be completely freed in order to safeguard the quality and the area’s facelift and transformation brought about by the so-called Lungomare, or the Water Promenade, which will further extend to the Uji i Ftohte tunnel area. This the project’s second phase. A third phase will include the area across the promenade,” PM Rama said, adding that the project will bring about spectacular development of the area.
The project, designed by the famous Belgian architect Xavier de Geyter, the author of waterfront promenade, will lead to this second segment’s spectacular transformation as the whole space will be freed from any buildings and other structures erected over all these years to make way for rehabilitation and tourism development in the city of Vlora.
Recovery of the Vlora seashore is one of the plans for developing the Albanian coastline as a tourist attraction in keeping with a model of sustainable development.
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