Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area

on the protection of water resources;
- monitor the activities for economic
exploitation in the coastal strip area; - river
flows, regeneration of natural corridors that
accompany their flow.
• To recognize and protect the values of the
natural landscape of the territory stretching
from the coastal line to the ridge of the first
hilly mountain strip.
TR9- Regional strategic road
networks
The strategic road networks will be
strengthened to promote the efficiency
of linking the region to national and
international axes, enabling rapid and
efficient access. These axes should provide
the mobility necessary to avoid seasonal
traffic, extra-urban transit traffic crossing
the region, and create rapid access to urban
centres links with regional employment
areas.
The municipalities in cooperation with
the line ministry should take measures to
protect and conserve the territory, on the
footprints of the strategic road axes, to
reduce the expropriation costs and to not
allow development and construction along
these footprints (100 meters on both sides of
these axes). Informal developments affected
by these corridors should not become part
of the legalization process. Formalization
of these structures increases the costs of
expropriation.
The municipalities of the region, in the
territories of the strategic road axes
as well as in the ring systems of urban
centres Tirana, Durres, Kamez, should
not allow the development of commercial
centres or similar structures that generate
uncontrolled developmental poles outside
these axes. The development of these
structures should be directed towards urban
areas within cities / urban areas, to help the
local economy and local business.
The development of economic development
technological areas or regional economic
poles should have quick access to these
axes through secondary connection
roads. The municipalities should promote
the creation of clustered business and
service areas within these boundaries
for the efficiency of land use. Services
and businesses should focus on common
areas with access branches from these
strategic axes and should be interconnected
to secondary access roads. The mobility
of vehicle flows into strategic road axes
should be related to the transport strategies
of the regional municipalities, to create
harmonious circulation at key regional
points.
The ring systems of the regional urban
centres should be accompanied by parking
areas at the interconnection points with
the regional strategic axes. Parking areas
should be equipped with infrastructure and
services that enable the change of the type
of vehicle, and should create the necessary
conditions for rapid interconnection with
public transport towards urban centres.
The territories where these strategic road
axes cross through should be protected with
buffer zones such as: greenery or areas with
compulsory use for agriculture, whereas
urban development near these axes should
be avoided.
The strategic road axes should provide safe
and efficient mobility based on security
norms to ensure elimination of problems
in the map of “hotspots” of regional road
accidents. The strategic road axes should be
diverted from protected natural areas and
should minimize acoustic effects for urbanrural
areas and wildlife habitats.
Multimodal system and interurban public
transport
The quick mobility system to and from
the regional urban centres is based on
the creation of efficient transport lines,
with clear urban and interurban stations,
enabling exchanges between different
means of transport through multimodal
“hubs”.
The interconnection of urban centres should
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