TIRANA, Jan 29 /ATA/ Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku, inspected on Saturday the Customs Point of Qafe Thana, where work continues apace to maintain the road axes.
Balluku said that, “although today is the last day of cold front in our country, which started last week with record low temperatures, here in Qafë Thana the weather is very cold.”
Making an overview of all the works done on the road axes, all over Albania in terms of road maintenance due to bad weather conditions, the Minister stressed that, “the Qafë Thana axis is part of maintenance project implemented under the contract with the World Bank, in the south-eastern part of the country, which includes the national road from Tirana to Korca.”
“Despite snowfall overnight, vehicles move without chains on this axis,” said Balluku.
While the director of ARA said that there are 1100 km that are managed under the contract with the WB.
According to him, there are 116 snowploughs, 380 vehicles and over 820 employees who work every day for the maintenance of these road axes.
“Thanks to intensive and uninterrupted work, all road axes have been open despite the unfavorable weather conditions,” he said.
Balluku informed that, “this year we have managed to keep open the axis of Theth, a fact that surprised even the residents of Theth themselves who hosted some tourists knocking on their door during the days of this polar cold.”
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