Prime Minister Edi Rama took to the social media on Wednesday morning to share images of the ongoing construction work on expansion of busiest highway in Albania, also a vital economic corridor, hosting over half of the country’s population and its economic activities.

The government head underlined that saying construction work has advanced with around 50% of the work volume already complete and that the project was running on schedule.

“Images showing the construction site of the second phase of Tirana-Durrës highway expansion project, with the work continuing apace and with 50% of the total volume already complete,” PM Rama wrote.

Work is currently underway on asphalt pavement on the left side of the highway.

The expansion project is designed to refurbish end-of-life road layers and expand the road to handle rising traffic especially during the summer season.

The road will be transformed into Category A highway with speed limit at 130 km/hour.

Tirana-Durres highway rehabilitation is designed to cope with an influx of 94 000 vehicles and it costs 250 million euros.

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