Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area
The Albanian Government and the National Spatial Plan have identified the Tiranë-Durrës area, as one of the most important economic areas of the country, and of the Balkan region. To ensure a sustainable territorial and urban development of this area, the Ministry of Urban Development in cooperation with the National Territorial Planning Agency has taken the initiative to draft a Cross-sectoral Integrated Plan for the economic area Tiranë – Durrës. The metropolitan region under study includes territories administered by 5 municipalities: Tiranë, Durrës, Vorë, Shijak, Kamëz.
The Albanian Government and the National Spatial Plan have identified the Tiranë-Durrës area, as one of the most important economic areas of the country, and of the Balkan region. To ensure a sustainable territorial and urban development of this area, the Ministry of Urban Development in cooperation with the National Territorial Planning Agency has taken the initiative to draft a Cross-sectoral Integrated Plan for the economic area Tiranë – Durrës. The metropolitan region under study includes territories administered by 5 municipalities: Tiranë, Durrës, Vorë, Shijak, Kamëz.
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Priority / Policy Specific project Target group and how<br />
to address it<br />
Implement -<br />
ation period<br />
EP5 - Regional<br />
waste management<br />
Constructing regional<br />
waste landfills, for the<br />
municipalities <strong>of</strong>:<br />
<strong>Durres</strong>–Shijak–Kavaje;<br />
<strong>Tirana</strong>–Kamez–Vore.<br />
Construct regional landfills for<br />
regionalized waste management.<br />
Establish structures for the<br />
management <strong>of</strong> waste recycling<br />
from source to site.<br />
Establish hospital and industrial<br />
waste treatment stations.<br />
Create incentive schemes that<br />
encourage recycling.<br />
2019-2025<br />
EP5 - Regional<br />
waste management<br />
Completing and<br />
operating the plants to<br />
process liquid urban<br />
waste and treat wastewater<br />
for the municipalities<br />
<strong>of</strong>: <strong>Durres</strong>, Shijak,<br />
<strong>Tirana</strong>, Kamez, Vore.<br />
Set up or complete the liquid urban<br />
waste management system.<br />
Redevelop the liquid waste<br />
processing infrastructure.<br />
Prohibit the discharges <strong>of</strong> these<br />
wastes into regional rivers. Create<br />
a differentiated precipitation<br />
management infrastructure for new<br />
urban areas, in order not to<br />
overload networks during maximum<br />
flows.<br />
2019-2025<br />
EP2- Protection and<br />
management <strong>of</strong><br />
surface and ground<br />
water resources<br />
Regenerating the rivers<br />
<strong>of</strong> Ishem and Erzen and<br />
their sub-branches.<br />
Regenerate the river beds, develop<br />
green corridors on both sides as<br />
buffer zones, accompanied by<br />
bicycle routes. Create "room" for<br />
rivers near urban and rural areas to<br />
protect from floods. Prevent liquid<br />
and solid waste discharges into<br />
these rivers.<br />
2020-2030<br />
Table 5.5 Strategic projects: Environmental protection and development<br />
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