The National Traffic Monitoring Center in Kamëz, a long-awaited innovation for road safety and public services, is now a reality. This center coordinates a range of projects and teams, all integrated into the “SmartCity” Digital Revolution project, ensuring 24/7 monitoring of all roads and coordination between the Traffic Police, National Medical Emergency, and Civil Emergencies.
Prime Minister Rama visited the new center today, along with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku, marking the beginning of a new chapter in territorial management and citizen assistance at all levels. The visit also included the signing of cooperation memoranda with the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Health and Civil Emergencies.
The center will operate with 122 operators. In this initial phase of monitoring, 200 kilometers of roads have been connected with cameras. These cover the main highways of Tirana-Durrës, Durrës-Rrogozhinë, Rrogozhinë-Fier, and Fier-Vlorë. The ultimate goal is to cover 3,650 kilometers, all part of the inventory of the Albanian Road Authority.
“We are now ready for full operation. Today, we can say that it’s the first day of field testing, as well as the signing of cooperation memoranda between all the teams that will be operational within the National Traffic Monitoring Center. This is the biggest innovation we are bringing to the road infrastructure, but as we’ve said, it should also be noted that it will make a significant contribution to national security.
Within this building, we have stationed 74 out of the 122 employees. Seventy-four of them are monitoring operators, while 55 are located at the highway centers, where the toll system will also be implemented. Additionally, we have 26 operators from the State Police,” explained Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy Belinda Balluku, who further informed that “The first 200 kilometers have been equipped with cameras as part of the first phase of monitoring. These initial 200 kilometers cover the main highways of the country, and we will continue with the second phase. Our goal is to cover 3,650 kilometers in the final phase, which are assets of the Albanian Road Authority’s inventory.”
Deputy Prime Minister Balluku also explained that “The Center will increasingly reduce the need for physical presence on the ground to monitor the highways, and interventions will take place as a result of coordination happening within this room. In other words, the Traffic Police units will be notified by the control room to intervene in cases where we have vehicles traveling at high speeds, while everything is managed from here. The four units stationed here include the Albanian Road Authority, the Traffic Police, Civil Emergency, and the National Emergency.”
Prime Minister Rama stated that with the establishment of this center, a new chapter begins in the history of territorial management and citizen assistance at all levels.
“Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of territorial management and in providing assistance to citizens at all levels. This includes road safety, medical emergencies, and civil emergencies. It is a major commitment that we will accompany with a reform to unify all emergency services, calls, and responses. This is exactly what we need, while this entire modern monitoring center will be supported by the Smart City system, featuring a network of intelligent cameras and artificial intelligence, enabling the real-time collection of data from every meter—not just every kilometer—for all types of programs. Ultimately, this will also eliminate the need for police to remain stationed at traffic stops. However, they will be ready at any moment to be activated by the signals from this virtual inspector,” he expressed.
