The Road Code of the Republic of Albania and the Regulations implementing it (in relation to the field of territorial planning and development) define, inter alia, the roadside distances to be respected in: new constructions, on-going reconstructions or full demolitions, extension works facing the road, opening of canals, pits or any kind of excavations along roads, in the construction or reconstruction of boundary walls, planting of trees along the roads, etc., inside and outside inhabited centers as well as belts reserved for the road protection.

The Railway Code of the Republic of Albania (in relation to the field of territorial planning and development) sets among other things the rules and criteria to ensure the protection of the railway lines from: different types of construction, opening of wells, reservoirs and fuel stations, the erection of electric lines along the railway line, the opening of quarries, massive excavation of the soil and opening of canals etc., for territories inside and outside urban areas.