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Albania mulls turning key Tirana-Durres highway into toll road

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By Ervin Lisaku TIRANA, Nov. 1 – The Albanian government is mulling turning the country’s key highway linking the two main cities of Tirana and Durres into a toll road through a concession which apparently does not affect public finances, but sharply increases travel costs for the country’s residents, already facing one of Europe’s highest fuel prices. The ruling Socialist Party majority says it has received an unsolicited proposal on the upgrade of the current 30-km highway linking Tirana to Durres and the construction of a new 44-km highway from Kashar, just outside Tirana, to Rrogozhina, a hub to southern…

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  • The ruling Socialist Party majority says it has received an unsolicited proposal on the upgrade of the current 30-km highway linking Tirana to Durres and the construction of a new 44-km highway from Kashar, just outside Tirana, to Rrogozhina, a hub to southern Albania

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