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€10 billion in investments in the last decade! Rama's government admits that Albania has infrastructure problems
2026-04-20 17:12:54 / POLITIKË
Despite massive investments, road infrastructure in Albania continues to remain one of the most problematic points of economic development.
From 2014 to 2025, around 981 billion lek, or approximately 10 billion euros, were spent in this sector, a level of investment that, by European Union standards, would have been sufficient to completely complete the national road network and to build several modern hospital centers in parallel.
However, the results on the ground do not reflect the same level of efficiency. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy itself acknowledges this reality in long-term strategic documents. In the Transport Strategy and Action Plan 2030, the institution clearly states that “the country continues to face infrastructure deficiencies, heavy traffic, lack of uniformity in corridor standards and ongoing security challenges, factors that limit connectivity and economic performance.”
This official admission confirms what has often been discussed in public analyses: the problem lies not only in the level of investments, but in the way they have been used. The fragmentation of projects, high costs per kilometer and the lack of a functional integrated network have meant that, even after billions spent, infrastructure has failed to fulfill its role as an engine of development.
The strategic document underlines that accelerating the modernization of Corridor VIII, the Adriatic-Ionian Corridor and multimodal nodes is essential to meet the requirements of the TEN-T network, eliminate bottlenecks and strengthen connections between ports, airports and railways. But the fact that these priorities still remain objectives for the future, after a decade of record investments, raises serious questions about the efficiency of public policies in this sector.
Albania seems to be in a paradox: it has spent as much as it would for a modern European network, but continues to function with problems typical of an unfinished infrastructure. And this time, it is no longer just criticism from abroad, it is the official government strategy itself that admits it./ ekofin.al
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