P. Tachiaos: The Lamia – Kalambaka axis of the E65 will be delivered tomorrow – 900 million road projects in Thessaly

On Tuesday, April 23, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis handed over the southern part of E65 which ensures an easy transition from Lamia to Kalambaka, recalled the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Nikos Tachiaos, speaking to ERTNews about all the ongoing major projects that “will support the local economies”, emphasizing that without the necessary manpower it is a difficult task. “Tomorrow the ribbon will be cut just before the impressive three kilometer tunnel” and the Easter excursionists will go from the new road to Karditsa, Trikala, Lake Plastira, the mountains of Mouzaki, Argithea, the mountains of Kalambaka, that is, in places that were tested by “Daniel“, as Mr. Tahiaos said. The Kalambaka track – Egnatia will be delivered at the end of 2025 and on February 6, 2027, the project at Castle of Crete where, however, there is a need to find 400 workers, as the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport emphasized. With three contracts, the project will be delivered in 2025 Patras – Pyrgos. In road projects of the order of 900 million for the victim ThessalyNikos Tahiaos mentioned while also talking about an auction in the summer railway projects 470 million for the reduction of the line between Domokos and Larissa and the vertical axes Larissa – Volos and Paleofarsalo – Kalambakas.

“All the projects require the expropriations to proceed. And the big problem that is not known, is that there is no staff, there are no workers, crews, machine operators.
Running today as many construction sites as we have opened as a government in Greece is a very difficult undertaking,” said Nikos Tahiaos.

In Cretefor example, Kastelli airport, which is a huge project, is short about 400 workers, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is trying to secure manpower with international agreements as with India.
“At Thessaly during the summer we will open a lot of construction sites to be able to do the restoration of Danielbig projects, many bridges, many roads,” added the deputy minister.

BOAK: Problem with expropriations

“We can’t ask for BOAK and they get in the way. And I say this because we have seen too many abstentions concerning the trials related to the State in Crete. It’s a concession the Chania Heraklion section, a very important project, which needs some time for its contractualization because it is a concession, i.e. it will be repaid with tolls. In other words, the banks and the loans must come into play,” stressed the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport.

With 270 million from the Recovery Fund, and the rest of the financial contribution, where necessary from the State, the project passes through two large settlements, Rethymnon and Heraklion, where there are reactions for engraving. Have happened appeals to the Council of State from the Municipality of Heraklion and the Municipality of Malevizio, who want a different transit through the city of Heraklion and to a certain extent it makes sense”, said Nikos Tachiaos.

FlyOver: The project has taken a form which cannot be reversed

In a question regarding an article in the “Avgi” newspaper about the Eastern Regional, the well-known flyOver the deputy minister said that “we are talking about 82 acres in an area of ​​several tens of thousands of acres of forest, an infinitesimal area that to a very large extent is classified as forest, but in practice it is the slopes of the ring road, which are not planted, have not trees”.
It is true what Avgi says, said Nikos Tachiaos, talking about a larger area to be logged. New AEPO has been sanctioned, which allows intervention in those sections that need to be occupied.
But the bottom line is that the interim injunction, which in my view, was one, was not won Solomonic solution given by the Council of State to solve the fact that there were constantly pleadings being added to this trial and to which the Ministry of the Environment had to constantly respond.
So, while this was given temporary ordera few days later, it happened the trial. We await its outcome.
We we respect the decisions of the Council of Statebut the construction site has taken a form which cannot be reversed“, he emphasized.

Regarding the reactions, the deputy minister emphasized: “It saddens me that to a very large extent these the reactions have political characteristics and unfortunately parties go and align themselves with these views just because we are now in an election season.”

Not is there a way to make this work without restricting traffic on the peripheral, but at the same time very serious measures have been taken in the city. It is undertaken by Egnatia the operation of the regional. They have been given 13 million in the municipality of Thessaloniki to make a night collection. The Traffic has been reinforced.
These are very serious measures and any other measure needed will be taken,” he added.

Thessaly: 900 million road projects – We start with the schools

“As a government we are making every effort to support the victims of Thessaly and as far as the Ministry of Infrastructure is concerned, it has taken over the railway and road projects as well as the schools”, said Nikos Tachiaos specifying that:

“We start with the schools and in the following days the assignments will be made by KTYP, the competent company of the Ministry of Infrastructure, in cooperation and with the financing of Union of Greek Shipownerswho will indeed very generously fund this particular project, which exceeds the 24 million euros. We are proceeding with the auction in the summer and contracting of railway projects of the order of 470 millionso that we can rearrange the line between in Domoko and Larissa, both lines Larisa Volos and Paleo Farsala Kalambaka. Unfortunately the systems had just been delivered signaling – remote control he took them and picked them up. A single electrified line now operates throughout that area, which is not sufficient for traffic.
We have to move very quickly and we will be done until the end of 2025.

We also move on road works of the order of 900 million euros for Thessaly, a terrifying package in which there is a participation of approximately 600 million euros from the Recovery Fund, while there will be participation from the NSRF and the rest is money from the Public Investment Program, i.e. the Greek taxpayers,” he said the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport.

Source: ERTNews – Show “Connections”