West Engineers Take High Road to Kosovo ; a Multi-Million Pound Highway Across Albania Is Expected to Provide an Economic Lifeline and Future Stability for Landlocked Kosovo. It Opened Last Week and Two Former Bristol University Students, Guy Skillit and Roger Mears, Played Key Roles Its Construction.

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Twisting and turning among a backdrop of spectacular mountains, it's probably one of the most scenic drives you'll ever encounter and certainly one of the world's most challenging engineering projects - and it's been pulled off by the Albanians.

To be more precise, the Albanian government commissioned the project having failed to get finance from anywhere else, and much of it has been engineered by the world's biggest civil engineer Bechtel and Turkish joint venture partner Enka.

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West Engineers Take High Road to Kosovo ; a Multi-Million Pound Highway Across Albania Is Expected to Provide an Economic Lifeline and Future Stability for Landlocked Kosovo. It Opened Last Week and Two Former Bristol University Students, Guy Skillit and Roger Mears, Played Key Roles Its Construction.

Costing $535 million, the 171-kilometre long motorway creates a vital connection between Kosovo and Durres, Albania's main port. The new road will cut journey times from there to Kosovo from six hours to two an...

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