Tirana's budget, Veliaj: The largest budget in Tirana's history

According to the mayor of Tirana, the budget for 2018 may be the largest in the history of this City Hall. The focus will be on new schools, with the construction of 19 buildings. The mayor mentioned the construction of bus terminals, the reconstruction of the pyramid, the continuation of the new Boulevard project and the rehabilitation of the Lana River as some of the major projects. 

The City Hall of Tirana started the presentation and consultation of the 2018 budget draft with the citizens of Administrative Unit number 7, following in a tradition he created the last two years. This format allows the citizens to be the ones who decide on investment priorities in their neighborhoods. Mayor of Tirana, Erion Veliaj, underlined that the 2018 draft budget is 15% higher than the one of the previous year and almost 3 times higher than the 2014 budget.

 "Thankfully our budget has tripled. We got a City Hall with 1/3 of the budget and the first thing we did was decidethat there would be no differentiation. Everyone will pay for water, everyone will pay taxes. "We were in a situation where honest people who paid seemed foolish because others did not pay anything. As a result of changing thismentality and paying dues the norm, we have now tripled the budget," declared Veliaj. 

Presentation of the draft budget will continue in Tirana's administrative units. citizens can give their suggestions on municipal investments. Veliaj noted that while in the first two years the attention was paid mainly to kindergartens, as well as playgrounds, in 2018 the attention will focus entirely on schools. "I am glad that we have treated the kindergarten issue as seriously as we promised, now after nurseries and kindergartens, we move on to the schools. "This year we updated 4 new schools in some areas that needed it after being 'blasted' by a big influx of students, such as Kombinat with the "Betim Muço" school, in the area of Pazari i ri at the "Hoxha Tahsin" school, at the area of the Bregu River with the "Ardian Klosi" school and for the "Kosova" school, at Unit 2 which is currently under construction," Veliaj added. 

As he spoke for big projects of the future, Veliaj, also emphasized the construction of bus terminals, which according to him will affect the traffic of each unit. In conclusion, Mayor Veliaj drew attention to other major projects so as to ensure they were not forgotten, such as the work on the Pyramid to create a centre serving youth culture. Subtitles

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