Open invitation to tender, deadline 21/06/2023, for the maintenance of the 1.3km twin-tube Skarfica tunnel (Lot 7) on the Kardhiq-Delvine road. Click here for tender documents. Value of contract is EUR 773,006.94, excluding VAT. Duration of contract will be 48 months. Contact Albanian Road Authority, attn Jonida Avdolli, Tirana, tel/fax +355 42234487, email jonida.avdolli@arrsh.gov.al. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=344931-2023. Ref.n. REF-69560-05-17-2023. 24/23. 

Open invitation to tender, deadline 28/07/2021, for Construction of the Llogara tunnel,  section Orikum - Himare, part of SH8 Vlore – Sarande Highway. For tender documents please click here, where tenders must be sent. Value of the contract is  EUR155.08 million (ALL18.97 bn), excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be 37 months. Contact Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, attn Valbona Pepa, Tirana, email valbona.pepa@infrastruktura.gov.al. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=327148-2021. Ref.n. 98814-06-22-2021. 26/21. 

The consortium comprising Turkish companies Intekar Yapi and ASL secured the EUR 139.33million (ALL17.04 bn) contract for the  construction of Llogara tunnel,  section Orikum - Himare, part of SH8 Vlore – Sarande Highway. Contact Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy, attn Valbona Pepa, Tirana, email valbona.pepa@infrastruktura.gov.al. Visit https://invest-in-albania.org. Ref.n. 98814-06-22-2021. 41/21. 

Open invitation to tender, deadline 04.05.2011, for reconstruction of 198.22 m-long Gajre tunnel between Kaqanik and Hani i Elezit. Register interest at www.myTenders.org/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=81574. More information and documentation from Burim Zekaj at Kosovo Railways in Fushe Kosovo, tel +381 38 550 550 240, e-mail burim.zekaj@kosovorailway.com to whom completed documents must be returned. Contract reference number 45013/11/013/511, all tenders in English. Time limit for requests for documents is 27.04.2011. 13/11.

Tender notice, deadline 29th May, 2008 for feasibility study, detailed technical analysis and design for a new highway in the Tirana/Durazzo/Rrogozhine/Elbasan region. The project is expected to comprise approximately some 30-34 km of single carriageway including approximately 2 to 3 km of tunnel. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=103286-2008, OJ S 77, or contact Delegation of the European Commission in Albania, Contracts, finance and audit section, Rruga e Durresit, 127/1 (Laprake), Tirana, Albania. 19/08.

Albanian government seeking finance for single-tube, 2-3 km-long Tirana-Elbasan tunnel for construction in 2011. Contact Jeta Rustemi at Ministry of Public Works and Transport in Tirana, tel +355 42 380 833, e-mail jeta.rustemi@mpptt.gov.al. 47/10.

Aktor of Greece awarded EUR58.6 million construction contract for single-tube, 2-3 km-long Tirana-Elbasan tunnel. Construction will commence in April, 2011 for completion in 18 months. The tunnel is on European transport corridor VIII connecting the Adriatic/Ionian coasts to the Black Sea. Aktor has an office in Tirana, Albania but all enquiries are routed through Athens, tel +30 210 81840-00, fax -01, e-mail info@aktor.gr. For more project details contact Jeta Rustemi at Ministry of Public Works and Transport in Tirana, tel +355 42 380 833, e-mail jeta.rustemi@mpptt.gov.al. 12/11.

Open invitation to tender, deadline 23/06/2023, for the maintenance of the bi-tube Krraba tunnel (2.3km, 2.5km) on the Tirana - Elbasan motorway. Click here www.app.gov.a for tender documents. The value of the contract is EUR3.37 million, excluding VAT. Duration of the contract will be 48 months. Contact Albanian Road Authority, attn Jonida Avdolli, Tirana, tel +355 42234487, fax +355 42234487, email jonida.avdolli@arrsh.gov.al. Visit http://ted.europa.eu/udl?request=Seek-Deliver&language=en&docid=346071-2023. Ref.n. REF-69747-05-19-2023. 24/23. 

Bechtel and Enka of Turkey signed a EUR418 million deal on 6th October, 2006 to build the 57 km four-lane highway segment, between Rreshen and Kalimash, part of a larger 170 km highway to the Kosovo border. The highway stretch in the north of the country is divided into three separate stretches and includes a 6 km tunnel and viaducts. The technical projects for each of the three separate sections should be ready in December, March and April respectively. The funding will come from the Albanian government and other international institutions and banks. The completed highway in Albania will run from the port city of Durres - 35 km west of the capital Tirana - to the town of Kukes, 200 km northeast of Tirana, and then to the Morina border crossing point. The project for the Albanian part of the Durres-Pristina motorway envisages construction of 111 km of new roads and repair of 59 km of existing roads. The new road will be about 45 km shorter than existing roads and will shorten travel time, which can now take up to six hours, to two hours. Visit www.bechtel.com and www.enka.com 41/06.

Open call for bids, deadline 15th August, 2006 for construction of an underground tunnel, near the town of Elbasan, with a total length of 3,000 metres and diameter of 2.5-4 m depending on the machinery available. The subsoil is composed of limestone. Ideal estimated cost: EUR2 million. Anticipated start is late August or early September 2006. For more information, e-mail tunnelalbania@yahoo.com 28/06.

Huge plans for highways to connect Tirana with Greece and Macedonia to provide tourist routes. Italstrade is the foremost roads contractor, while Philipp Holzmann is leading a German consortium to open six quarries and build four cement plants in support of construction programme. Contact info@hlzm.de December 1999.