Veliaj inspects the East Terminal of Tirana: We have set the standard of a modern passenger station, work on the North Terminal will soon begin

“We are working at all the entrance gates of Tirana, air and land. The city is experiencing an extraordinary growth in infrastructure, the airport terminal is being added, the runway will be added, meanwhile we have land gates in the east and north. 1/3 of the traffic in Tirana comes from the southeast, which connects us not only with Elbasan, Librazhd, Prrenjas, Pogradec, Korca and Erseka, but also with international transport from Greece, Turkey, Macedonia and other distances. However, 2/3 of the traffic comes from the area of ​​Shqiponja”, said Veliaj.

He underlined that, in addition to the eastern terminal, the municipality’s master plan also foresees the terminal in the Kamza area, for the flow of travelers from the north. “For the eastern terminal, we will be ready to open it at the end of the summer, while for the terminal, at Kthesa e Kamza, the competition has just started. For every job that the Municipality of Tirana does, politics is involved, judges are introduced with security measures, with fake mortgage papers, with bits and pieces legalized over the years, but finally the situation was clarified there as well and soon we will start the work”, he added. .

The Eastern bus terminal in the capital will have 65 places for vehicles, while there is also supposed to be a station for taxi service and urban transport lines. “We have 65 seats – twice as many as we need on a normal day in the temporary terminal we have at “Cyteti Studenti”. Of course, one part of the terminal is for waiting only, the other part is arrival-departure, with a more limited minutes. There are many small towns that make the interurban journey by van, and the rest will be urban transport with taxis operating in the Municipality of Tirana, the two bus lines, one that continues from Sauk, exiting on “Elbasan Road” to center of Tirana, and the other one that follows the route from TEG to the Zoo, Diga e Liqeni, “Wilson” square, again on the Boulevard, in the center of Tirana. We have set the standard of a modern passenger terminal”, emphasized Veliaj.

The new terminal, near the Great Ring Road and the Tirana-Elbasan highway, will consist of open spaces, lobbies, citizens’ waiting rooms, ticket offices, and recreational facilities. “I’m glad that the works are being done like at the airport. As in any modern country, there will be a place to park buses, a place to change taxis, or with Tirana’s urbanites, there will be a place to take a bicycle, there will also be a place to eat a sandwich and to drink a coffee”, said the head of the Municipality.

Veliaj asked for the understanding and cooperation of citizens to use public transport to reduce traffic in the capital. “This does not mean that there will be no traffic in Tirana. There are 200 thousand cars in Tirana. We can make the big investment in “Eagle”, which has solved the case of Astir; we can make the big investment here in the Farka area, which has resolved the junction where the Ring Road meets the highway, but in the old streets of Tirana, built since the time of Fascist Italy, on the “Zogu i Parë” Boulevard, on the “Zogu i Parë” Boulevard Martyrs of the Nation”, on the street of “Kavaja”, on the street of Durrës, that street is. In the center of Tirana, everyone should think carefully that there will be traffic because it is a busy city, with a lot of life, with a lot of economic activity. Where we have the opportunity to expand, as has happened in this terminal, on this highway and on this Ring Road, we will certainly do our best. The principle is as many public funds as possible”, declared Veliaj.

The terminal is designed on 14,000 square meters near the Great Ring Road and the Tirana-Elbasan highway. All entrances and exits of interurban and international buses coming from the side of the Elbasan road will be stationed there.

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