Government of Albania awarded a 418 million Euro contract to international consortium, Bechtel – ENKA, for the construction of the Rreshen – Kalimash motorway. Albania signed the contract with U.S. – Turkish joint venture to build a four-lane stretch of highway that will shorten the route to Kosova. That is the biggest ever infrastructure project made in the tiny Balkan country. Bechtel International Inc. based in San Francisco, and ENKA, based in Istanbul, Türkiye, will build the 57 km road segment, including a 6 km tunnel, starting this month until June 2009.