A Bechtel-led joint venture with Turkish contractor Enka will build a 57-kilometer four-lane highway link between Durres, Albania, and Kosovo.
The $535 million project will create a faster route between the countries and is expected to stimulate the economy in Albania’s northeastern region.
The new road will be 45 kilometers shorter than the current two-lane highway and will reduce travel time from six hours to about two hours.
Bechtel will build a 55-kilometre four-lane highway between Rreshen and Kalimash, divided into three separate stretches, a five-kilometre tunnel and viaducts. The technical projects for each of the three separate sections should be ready in December, March and April respectively, the transport ministry has said earlier.
The Rreshen-Kalimash stretch is part of a key transport corridor between Albania's largest Adriatic port Durres and the administrative centre of neighbouring Kosovo, Pristina.
Betchel is a privately-owned global engineering, construction and project management company. It is headquartered in San Francisco and operates through 40 offices around the world and 40,000 employees. Bechtel reported $18.1 billion in revenue last year and new orders valued at $18.5 billion.
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