Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov.23
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
The first phase of the work on upgrading the access roads and bridges in Albania as part of the implementation of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project is 97 percent complete, TAP said on Twitter Nov.23.
The overall work for the first phase of road infrastructure rehabilitation along the whole TAP pipeline route comprising 12 roads and 42 bridges (3 of them being new) started in the summer 2015.
TAP is a part of the Southern Gas Corridor which is one of the priority energy projects for the EU.
TAP project envisages transportation of gas from the Stage 2 of development of Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas and condensate field to the EU countries.
The 870-kilometer pipeline will be connected to the Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) on the Turkish-Greek border, run through Greece, Albania and the Adriatic Sea, before coming ashore in Italy's south.
TAP’s route through Albania will be approximately 215 km onshore and 37 km offshore in the Albanian section of the Adriatic Sea. It starts at Bilisht Qender in the Korca region at the Albanian border with Greece, and arrives at the Adriatic coast 17 km north-west of Fier, 400 meters inland from the shoreline.