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Rruga e Arbri/ "There is no light at the end of the tunnel", BIRN: The government does not know when the project will end
2023-10-02 18:58:58 / EKONOMI&SOCIALE
In a hearing at the Law Commission, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and the head of ARRSH let it be understood that they did not know when the Murrizi tunnel would be finished, while they avoided the answer about the continuation of the concession contract for the Arbri road.
Two senior officials of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy admitted on Monday at a hearing in the Law Commission that they did not know when the Murriz tunnel - the most important work of the Arbri road - would be completed, although the concession contract ended on 20 September.
Deputy Minister Enkelejda Muçaj and the director of the Albanian Road Authority, Evis Berberi, also avoided the question of what will happen next with the concession contract.
"Asphalting is being finished for all road segments, with the exception of the Murriz tunnel," said the head of ARRSH, Evis Berberi while adding: "the moment we see light at the end of it, we will give them a date of exactly when it ends".
According to Berberi, the non-completion of the works is related to geological problems.
MP Çupi insisted on getting an answer from the deputy minister, asking her if; "the concession contract for the road was extended again, when will this road be completed and who will carry out the works after the end of the contract".
But Muçaj, instead of a concrete answer, invited the MP to the office to give him this information.
“Për sa i përket Rrugës së Arbrit dhe kontratës do doja të vendosja me ju një takim zyrtar për t’ju informuar zyrtarisht me informacion të detajuar se ku ndodhet problematika,” tha ajo në komision, ftesë që u konsiderua e çuditshme nga Çupi.
“Të bëra pyetje publike dhe informacionin e dua publik, jo në zyrë,” i tha ajo, por nuk mori përgjigje të re nga zyrtarja e ministrisë.
Kontrata e rrugës së Arbrit ishte parashikuar për t’u dorëzuar në prill 2022, por qeveria mori vendim për t’a shtyrë këtë kontratë me 17 muaj të tjerë, afat që përfundoi me 20 shtator të këtij viti.
Ndërtimi i kësaj rruge u ka kushtuar taksapaguesve shqiptarë rreth 40 miliardë lekë [330 milionë euro], kosto për të cilën zyrtarët e ministrisë këmbëngulën se nuk ndryshon pavarësisht shtyrjes së afatit kohor të dorëzimit të saj.
The technical project for the Murriz tunnel and the road delivery deadline were changed as early as 2020, but they were kept hidden from the public for almost 2 years.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Edi Rama used the investment in this road for electoral campaigns in the Dibra area since 2013. Despite the problems in some segments, the road is functional through the bypass of the Murrizi Pass, at an altitude of over 1000 meters, where it is mostly difficult to pass in winter./BIRN/
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