Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the opening of E65 on Tuesday

At the event for the delivery of the Lamia-Kalambaka section of the Central Greece Highway E65, the Prime Minister will speak tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. Kyriakos Mitsotakis while afterwards, the prime minister will attend and speak at the presentation on the restoration of damages from the “Daniel” and “Elias” bad weather, in Mouzaki Karditsa.

In addition, the visit and briefing of the journalists on the Central Greece – E65 highway was completed in the afternoon, as tomorrow, Tuesday, in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the inauguration will take place and the new sections will be put into traffic Lamia – Xyniada (18.5 km) and Trikala – Kalambaka (25 km), from the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Christos Staikouras.

Thus, with the delivery of the two new sections of the E65, they are put into circulation from tomorrow evening a total of 136 km. modern, safe highway, from the Karpenisi interchange outside Lamia to the Kalambakas Junction, significantly reducing the travel time from the capital to Meteora. Important destinations such as Meteorathe Plastira Lakethe Karpenisithe Trikala they are now accessible, quickly, easily and safely, while a new development dynamic will be given to the core of the country.

The highway of Central Greece is a project being built by the company TERNA SA. It has a total length of 182.1 km and is one of the most important national projects, with a total budget of approximately 1.3 billion euros.

It has, according to the data announced, the necessary capacity of a modern two-lane highway in each direction plus an Emergency Lane, effectively connecting Eastern and Western Greece. It is recalled, according to information from the Central Road, that the last 46 km of the highway, which will start from the uneven Kalambaka junction and reach Egnatia Odos, west of Greveni, are also under construction.

At 136 km., at the disposal of every driver are road safety services of the Central Road such as:

> 24-hour Road Safety Patrol