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Zogu i Zi - The End



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Anonymous said…
I sure this is just the beginning 'cause if this is the end it will be ugly for years to come........

Ll.
5:37 pm
Zach K. said…
So, maybe you can summarize for the rest of us - what is the general feeling by the citizenry of Tirana to this?

I mean, my guess would be that the inconvinience of having one of the most major intersections be destroyed / dusty / bumpy probably outweighs the concerns about illegal building.

Is this correct or am I totally off base?
7:55 pm
Anonymous said…
They are planning to build a ring. It, supposedly, should start construction soon.

Here is a render:

http://img345.imageshack.us/img345/3337/zoguizi4ii.jpg

(Double click on the link->Copy->Paste on the browser address bar.)
9:30 pm
olli said…
Zkorb - it is hard for me to know what the population think. The few friends I have here who speak English tend not to take one side or the other but just find the whole thing an embarassment. I suspect that apart from party supporters a lot of other people do as well.
1:22 pm
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