Milot-Balldre, concession competition closes without complaints - Contract worth 365 million euros, works must be completed 30 months from signing

The concession competition for the construction of the Milot - Balldre road axis has been concluded without complaints about the tender documents, paving the way for the review of the offers submitted by the companies. If this phase is also concluded successfully, then it will continue with the signing of the contract with the winning company and the start of works for this important segment, part of the Adriatic - Ionian corridor.
The concession competition aims precisely to find a private company that will build the axis, a process that, according to the tender documents, is expected to last 30 months from the signing of the contract.
According to the tender documents accompanying the concession competition, the total estimated value of the project is around 365 million euros, excluding VAT, while the duration of the contract will be 35 years. This value includes the costs for the design, operation and maintenance of the road, which will be a category A motorway, from the current category C road.
The Milot-Balldre axis is about 17 km long. The road starts at the Milot junction, where it will connect to the other road segments Milot-Thumanë – Kashar – Lekaj – Rruga e Kombit and will end at the existing Tirana-Shkodër road, in Balldre.
This axis is part of the Adriatic-Ionian corridor, which is preliminarily identified as part of the TEN-T Mediterranean Corridor, extending the EU Core Network Corridor to the Western Balkans Region.
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