DP Program/ Infrastructure Promises

2025-03-13 20:23:00, Politikë CNA

On the eve of the May 11 elections, DP leader Sali Berisha has presented his program as it pertains to infrastructure as a whole.

Berisha stated that 12 billion euros were allocated for infrastructure and the investments do not even reach the value of 1 billion.

"The truth is that during these 12 years, a total of over 12 billion euros have been invested in infrastructure according to the budget by Edi Rama and his governments. But, if there is a black hole in the disappearance of these funds, it is precisely the roads and infrastructure projects.

If we stop for a moment to consider what has been built with the 12 billion euros spent, budget funds, they never reach, never reach the real value of 1 billion euros. But the prices of these works and objects have increased tenfold. Sometimes they have increased sixfold, 12-fold, 13-fold in the most inconceivable way.

This has meant that in 12 years of governance, the visibility of public works built is extremely limited, while the expenses are colossal. I don't believe there is any other country in the world where public funds have disappeared, where public funds have been devoured as has happened in Albania with these 12 billion euros of investments that are not visible.

If we take the Arbri Road, from 160 million, estimated by international standards and an international company, at a time when 32 kilometers of it have been built, it has gone up to 415 million and it is not known how much more it will go.

If we take the Tirana Ring Road, the last 19 kilometers of it, of which 8 kilometers were built during the DP government with works of art because they were very connected, today they have been divided into 14 lots with 14 contracts. They are a dilettantism. The entrances and exits are absolutely defective. They are unstudied. And unfortunately this ring road, instead of freeing up traffic, its effect is almost not felt at all. And that its construction has continued for 15 years.

"There are a series of other roads that remain. The Qukës-Qafë Plloçë road was planned for 75 million dollars, so far 215 million have been spent and it is not known when it will be finished. It is the only road in Europe and in the world where the segments do not meet each other not in one case, but in two positions," he said.

DP Program/ Infrastructure Promises

One of Berisha's promises was that with the DP coming to power, citizens would be supplied with water at symbolic prices, moving towards free supply like in Austria.

“Në programin e përgatitur i është kushtuar një vëmendje e veçantë sistemit të ujësjellësave dhe kanalizimeve. Kur ekziston një shembull, dhe ekzistojnë të gjithë bazat për ta adoptuar atë në vendin tonë, sa kohë që ti nuk arrin ta adaptosh, ndjen keqardhje të madhe. Është një vend që furnizon qytetarët e vet falas me ujë dhe ky vend është Austria. Logjika e këtij vendi, është vend që i ka prirë kapitalizmit, ka qenë themeltare në vlerat konservatore, logjika e atij vendi është se ai është vend plot me ujë dhe duhet t’u furnizojë banorët e saj me ujë.

Shqipëria nuk ka më pak ujë se Austria në sipërfaqen dhe popullatën e saj. Ne kemi burime ujore shumë të mëdha, mbitokësore dhe nëntokësore. Kemi relievin gjeografik shumë të përshtatshëm për t’i përdorur këto burime për banorët. Kjo qeveri zgjidhjen e sheh tek rritja e çmimeve. Absolutisht jo. Ne do shkojmë drejt uljes së çmimeve me synim për uljen maksimale për të mos thënë pa tarifa sepse duhet një investim i madh përpara.

Por prapë, në kuadër të projekteve të mëdha energjetike që kemi, ato shpejtojnë edhe mundësinë e furnizimit me çmime simbolike të qytetarëve me ujë. Impiantet. Ne patëm një projekt nga Velipoja në Ksamil për 11 impiante të përpunimit të ujërave të zeza dhe bllokimit të derdhjes në det të të gjitha ujërave të zeza. Ky ishte një projekt realist dhe u ndërtuan disa prej tyre nga Saranda në Shëngjin.

Problemi është se kryetarët e bashkive, në vend që të paguajnë energjinë për funksionimin e tyre, preferojnë t’i derdhin në det dhe të mbetemi pa asnjë flamur blu ose me ndonjë flamur blu sporadik në brigjet tona fantastike.

Nuk u ndala tek transporti ajror. Thashë disa fjalë për aeroportin e Vlorës. Përveç problemeve të mëdha që ka me ndërtimin, ka një problem jashtëzakonisht të rëndë. Ai i prish Vlorës ekosistemin mijëravjeçar. Aeroporte mund të ndërtosh, por atë ekosistem që prish ky aeroport, nuk e ndërton më dot. Është një krim madhor mjedisor.

Iu them unë ju, kur ne ndërtuam autostradën Levan-Vlorë është ndërhyrë në interesin më të mirë, në mënyrë shumë të vendosur dhe e përgëzoj Komisionin Europian, që kjo autostradë të mos cenonte habitatin.

Dhe ne bëmë gjithçka në përputhje me ato kërkesa, këta shkuan dhe e ndërtuan aeroportin pikërisht aty ku e shfarosin. Plus që ka probleme të tjera se zonat e shpendëve nuk janë të favorshme për të ndërtuar për avionë.

Mos gaboj, institucionet ndërkombëtare kanë ngritur shqetësime shumë serioze për këtë. Një gjë mund të them, se është ndërtuar në një vend ku nuk duhej të ndërtohej.

We had fixed a very suitable place between Vlora and Fier. It absolutely did not affect the habitat, but served not only Vlora, but also Fier and Berat. These people are after their pockets, after their accounts. Therefore, a well-studied plan for air transport within the country will be finalized and acted on its basis. Of course, railways and highways shorten distances, but they do not exclude air transport, except on the basis of feasibility criteria and grounds", declared Berisha.

Further with the ports. According to Berisha, Albania will become the main epicenter of maritime transport in the region.

DP Program/ Infrastructure Promises

"Albania has a geographical position that rivals all the ports in the region. A great battle was fought against the National Highway solely for the geostrategic transformation it brought in relation to maritime and road transport. Because that road made Albanian ports more convenient and that's how they are. Vlora is a territory of deep waters but ports can be built where power dictates, technologies allow this, this is known. Of course we have opposed and oppose Edi Rama's Dubai City and his Arab, Al Alabar. He is a monument of corruption of extraordinary proportions.

A monument with which Edi Rama proves that he is realizing his dream of becoming a billionaire. Therefore, while rejecting the idea of ??building a Dubai City in Durrës, we stand for the vital importance of ports.

In particular, the construction of the Tirana-Pristina or Durres-Pristina railway makes Durres, maybe even Vlora - in 2007 we had a gigantic project for Vlora with the largest port in the region somewhere near Zvërnec. This project fell victim to the bubble that the City of London suffered. They worked hard for the project, but there, as you know, a pyramiding of some City banks occurred. But anyway, we have studies and will do studies. Albania will become the main epicenter of maritime transport in the region", said the leader of the DP, Berisha said.

Also on the DP's plan is the construction of the Albanian Peripheral Ring Road. Berisha said that he will return with determination to rural infrastructure.

DP Program/ Infrastructure Promises

"Another very important and necessary project will be the Albanian ring road. The peripheral ring road, which will encircle Albania. It must encircle Albania. It is a very old project. Let's not forget that the first motorway in Albania is a segment of this ring road, Delvinë-Devoll.

We worked on this ring road quite a bit. From Valbona to Gjorica. We worked on the Gjorica-Librazhd axis and other segments. Of course, this is a very important road because we are dealing with more than a third of the country's territory, which if it is not urbanized, empties, empties, empties. Abandoned, abandoned, abandoned.

We had a very fair concept for the village. The villagers should have the same infrastructure as the city, roads, water supply, sewage, schools. Otherwise, why would he live there? So in this context, we return to the infrastructure of rural Albania with the greatest determination. The peripheral ring of Albania is the artery of keeping alive, of vitalism, of exploiting all the infinite assets that these areas have.

Let's get back to that. There is no doubt that today the most important thing in infrastructure is road maintenance. The amounts allocated for road maintenance are ridiculous. In the last budget, they are 30 or 35 million. That's why the roads are falling apart. Their roads are falling apart even before they are built, as has been seen. No, we will give absolute priority to the maintenance of the road network.

"Road maintenance authorities were created, they will be strengthened," the opposition leader said.

The Milot-Lezhë-Shkodër axis will be the priority of all priorities. The Tirana-Durrës highway will be expanded with three lanes.

"So, there is no other country in the world that has used its infrastructure and projects to steal a nation, to steal a people as Edi Rrama's government has done. This is the truth."

Of course, this practice will have a deep audit and those who have stolen and wasted 12 billion euros will be held accountable to the Albanian people for this unheard of waste. Our project is an extremely important project for road transport.

There is no doubt that we will complete the work started by these people that never finished. Milot-Lezhë-Shkodër is the priority of all priorities. All those who study the flow of cars, the largest number of their entries into Albania after the National Road is Muriqani and Hani i Hotit. They are the last.

A tender is being made and undone on how to increase Milot-Balldre prices. For us, the absolute priority is firstly the expansion of the Tirana-Durres highway with three lanes and emergency lanes on both sides. Secondly, the Milot-Shkodër road. The expansion of this road is a condition, it is an emergency today. Of course, the timely completion of the roads whose names are being forgotten", said Berisha./ CNA