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The EU supports the construction of a bridge in the 2,500-year-old Albanian city of Berat

by AI | 27.Dec 2024 | Europe in brief AI

A new bridge over the Osum River in the 2,500-year-old Albanian city of Berat, 100 kilometers southeast of Tirana, is being built thanks to EU support.

View from the construction of the bridge (Photo: Municipality of Berat)

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A new bridge over the Osum River in the 2,500-year-old Albanian city of Berat, 100 kilometers southeast of Tirana, is being built with the support of the EU. Its completion is expected to facilitate access for local residents and significantly reduce the traffic burden on the existing Goricë bridge.

The mayor of Berat, Ervin Demo, announced that work is also continuing on river protection and the extension of the pedestrian area in the Goricë area.

According to Demo, this panoramic route will facilitate tourist access to the Goricë neighborhood, offering opportunities for walking along the new pedestrian path by the Osum River, as well as ensuring vehicle circulation safety.

Infrastructure investments in Berat support tourism.

The city, known as the “city of one over one windows,” has become a year-round tourist attraction in recent years.

In an interview with ATSH, Mayor Demo said that Berat is currently visitable in every season.

“We have had an atypical season, which started at the beginning of the year, in January, and continues still. A type of tourism that we call year-round,” he stated.

“Until September, we had 800,000 visitors. Of these, about 85% of the visitors were foreigners,” emphasized Demo./  (December 27)

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