Democratic MP Ina Zhupa has raised concerns about the design of the bus terminal in Saranda, which she considers a serious mistake in the city’s infrastructure. According to her, due to poor planning, every day buses and other transport vehicles are forced to make an unnecessary maneuver, adding about 1.5 kilometers to their route until the roundabout at the entrance of Saranda, just to reorient in the correct direction.
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Zhupa stresses that even the roundabout itself is problematic due to its non-functional construction. This situation, she says, generates heavy traffic daily, increased pollution, and significant delays for travelers. She accuses the Municipality of Saranda of having conceived this project without serious analysis from specialists and without a long-term urban vision.
In her response, the DP MP describes this as the daily transport routine in Saranda. She explains that the incorrect exit from the terminal forces passenger vehicles to make this absurd loop every day. Instead of immediately entering their itinerary, they are forced to travel about 1.5 kilometers towards the roundabout at the city entrance to make the turn and return to the starting point of their destination.
According to Zhupa, the situation is further aggravated by the fact that the project was based on what municipal employees call post-construction experiments, rather than proper expert studies. Even the roundabout in question is designed in the most impractical way, blocking large-tonnage vehicles, causing artificial traffic congestion, and making normal circulation difficult.
The deputy concludes by arguing that this state of affairs is the result of infrastructure conceived not by road safety and urban planning experts, but based on arbitrary municipal decisions, without studies and without vision. The consequence, she emphasizes, is evident to all: wasted time for hundreds of passengers, increased pollution from additional emissions, and a city gateway overloaded with traffic. Saranda, according to her, needs a modern and practical infrastructure, not thoughtlessly thrown-together projects that burden residents, businesses, and vacationers daily.
