The project, which will upgrade the road to a Category A motorway, includes the addition of new lanes to ease congestion between the capital and the country’s main port city.

The government head shared footage from the construction site, noting that construction of new lanes is almost complete, while reconstruction of the existing ones is also underway.

Traffic has been temporarily diverted near the Kashar overpass- towards Mother Teresa International Airport – via a newly widened section equipped with temporary signage meeting road safety standards.

The upgraded route will feature four lanes in each direction, including an emergency lane, significantly increasing capacity. Once completed, the speed limit will be raised to 130 km/h.

Work began last year on expanding the highway, which stretches from Kamza overpass in Tirana to Dajlani Bridge in Durrës. Often referred to locally as “Autostrada” since the 1990s, the road is a key artery connecting Albania’s largest administrative, industrial, and tourism centers, as well as key north-south and east-west corridors.

During the peak summer months, daily traffic volumes on the route range between 90,000 and 120,000 vehicles.

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The Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, also Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, took to the social media on Tuesday to share images from the site, saying construction work has advanced and was running on schedule.

“Work is advancing on finalizing the Tirana-Durres highway expansion project,” Balluku wrote.

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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Work is already underway to expand the highway linking Albania’s two largest cities under a project designed to refurbish end-of-life road layers and expand the road to handle rising traffic especially during the summer season.

“Tirana-Durrës motorway will be transformed into Category A highway. The current road is a two-lane category B road. Construction work is progressing very well. Around 25% of the construction volume has already completed,” Balluku said.

According to her, work currently focuses on construction of the base course of the two new 3.7-meter wide lanes.

“A fourth 3-m wide emergency lane will be added on both sides and the road will be transformed into Category A highway with speed limit at 130 km/hour, meeting the highest standards with which we are building the new highways across the country,” Balluku said.

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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Two more lanes, one emergency lane, will be added to the highway linking Albania’s two largest cities.

Prime Minister Edi Rama announced Monday that Tirana municipal crews are currently removing the palm trees on both sides of the highway to plant them in the Artificial Lake Park and other locations in the capital city.

“The work on expansion of Tirana-Durres highway is underway with relocation of the trees along the road to be planted in Lake Park and other locations in Tirana,” PM Rama said as he posted images showing the ongoing work on the site.

Construction work on expansion of the highway is already underway on two first sections after the tender winners were announced.

Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj also took to the social media to post a video showing the ongoing operation aimed at ensuring environment protection during the infrastructure works.

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According to ARA, traffic diversion during road construction in Vora the traffic caused no problems with the circulation of vehicles.

Meanwhile, the Tirana-Durrës highway will be passable for vehicles.

According to the revised traffic management plan, ARA said that the circulation of vehicles will be carried out in one lane of the Tirana-Durrës highway. The vehicles are instructed to use other crossings on the secondary road, the Kamza overpass, road branching to QTU. //a.i/