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The EU finances the modernization of the Albanian railway line that connects Tirana with the port of Durrës
Resources also in order to carry the railroads until the airport of the vital Albanian
May 10, 2018
The European Union and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have undersigned with the government of Albania a contract that returns available bottoms for 35,5 million euros that they will be used in order to finance the modernization of the current railway line of 34 kilometers that connects the Tirana Capital with the main Albanian port of Durrës and for the construction of a new railway line of 7,4 kilometers that will connect both the cities with the airport of Tirana, that it is the only international airship station of the Country.
The resources financial institutions come from the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF) that it is promoted mainly by the EU, the EBRD, the European Investment Bank, by the World-wide Bank and from the KfW Development Bank and they join to a loan until 36,9 million euros granted from the EBRD. Deep the necessary ones to complete the project, that it previews a total investment of about 90,5 million euros, will be at the expense of the Albanian government.
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