The cold and snow have made roads impassable and have frozen rivers supplying the Nurek hydroelectric plant, the country's main source of electricity.
Transportation analysts add that the higher fees may alienate drivers who have largely accepted that congestion charges have made roads less crowded.
Not only are youngsters confined to the rear, but the rise of Interstates has made road trips more boring.
Self-taught Konaté, who started out as a graffiti artist, has made road safety something of a speciality.
Neritan Ceka, the energetic interior minister, has made road travel along main routes relatively safe by daylight and captured a bunch of criminal leaders in the southern port of Vlora, the hub of Albania's mafia.
McLaren has made road cars before but in conjunction with other major manufacturers – the widely praised 1992 McLaren F1 used a V12 engine supplied by BMW, while more recently, the company built the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren with its Formula 1 engine partner, Mercedes.
That's why the World Health Organization (WHO) has made road safety a priority.
We've made roads and parking lots and houses and paved over the sponge.
"We've made roads and parking lots and houses and paved over the sponge," he told the paper.
