TIRANA, Feb. 2 /ATA/- The Albania’s Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku accompanied by the head of the Albanian Road Authority (ARA), Ergys Verdho closely inspected today the works on Shkodër-Fushë-Arrëz-Kukës road segment, in Qafë e Malit, near the village of Vrish, where the on-site teams have been engaged in clearing the road in late after-hours, to return it to normalcy as soon as possible.
In her remarks, Minister Balluku announced that, in January of this year, the heavy snow and rain led to aggravation of landslides on some roads.
For his part, the head of ARA, Ergys Verdho said that in Shkodra-Fushë-Arrëz-Kukës axis, the January 25 landslide has been reactivated, bigger in dimensions and the whole slope of the mountain has been detached.
According to Verdho, the landslide continue to occur, posing a risk to maintenance workers.
“At the moment the on-site teams will intervene in the maintenance of the road and then we will sit at the roundtable with the Technical Council to design and provide long-term solutions,” Minister Balluku said.
Also Verdho informed that, so far an investment of about 4 million euros has been made in maintenance of this road, of which 8 million euros have been allocated by the World Bank.//a.i/
