“The removal process is very costly. We could not afford such an expense,” Loci told the Associated Press, saying the army had only provided a tank to help the local initiative at Seman.

Not everyone wants to see them go.

 “The bunkers are always good attraction for foreigners.”

When built, the cost of a typical bunker was equivalent to five years of an average Albanian’s salary.

“You can’t get rid of the history and of the hard labor to build them,” Sadushi said.

via Communist-era bunkers cleared at Albanian resort; rest of the country will have a long wait.