During the summer the auction of the road axis “Drama – Amphipolis”

It is expected to be auctioned in the summer road axis Drama – Amphipolisas estimated by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, responsible for infrastructure, Mr. George Karagianniswhile also referring extensively to the course of the two major road projects underway in Euboeaanswering topical questions in Parliament.

As the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure announced, the project of the road axis “Drama – Amphipolis” has already been submitted to the General Secretariat of PPPs and is expected to be approved by the Interministerial Committee at the next meeting on Wednesday.

The work announced by the Prime Minister himself in his presence Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Mr. Costas Karamanlis, “Will have a three-year construction period, while its maintenance and operation for 27 years will be included”as stressed by the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure.

“Within three years we mature and implement projects that for years remained on the calendars and we give them flesh and blood” noted Mr. Karagiannis, emphasizing the role of utilization of PPPs.

“If there is one thing we are proud of at the Ministry, it is that, in contrast to the ideological entanglements of previous years, we have put PPP projects high on the agenda of our projects, which allow us, through leverage of the private sector, to implement projects that do not they had secured funding and this is something that should be credited to the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis “ mentioned features.

In terms of railway connection of DramaMr. Karagiannis made it known that “The existing construction of the Thessaloniki-Alexandroupolis railway connection, which connects Drama with Thessaloniki and Alexandroupolis, will not be abolished after the operation of the Egnatia Railway, but is included in the planning of the projects that are included in the through PPP until the end of 2025 ».

He reminded, after all, that the Northern Greece has the lion’s share of the large package of railway worksamounting to 4 billion euros of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.

This package, as he noted, also includes “the big project Thessaloniki – Archerswhere a vertical connection from Amphipolis to its station will be provided Nea Zichni, Serres“, while funds have been secured from the Recovery Fund for the large PPP of the maintenance of the network of Northern Greece, where the existing line Thessaloniki – Serres – Drama – Sagittarius will be maintained and put into full operation”.

Mr. Karagiannis was clear that “In a few years Drama will have a fully upgraded transport network that will support the productive advantages of the Prefecture and its people” commenting that “just as we had promised the Greeks before the elections, so we are doing after the elections”.

The maximalisms of the past destroyed the country and its prospects

The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure then referred to the road projects that have been launched in Euboea and which are given special importance as he noted “Insufficient accessibility is one of the biggest problems being a serious obstacle to its development”.

After emphasizing the need to revitalize the area specifically in the light of last summer’s disastersMr. Karagiannis, informed about the progress of the two projects that have been launched and will change the image of Evia.

About the project Bypass of Chalkida and Psachna stressed that “we secured the approvals from Jaspers and auctioned a project of 210 million euros that in 4 years will change the traffic to and from Evia”.

He commented that this is a project “that was pending for many years and that with maximalist logics of other times was led to the rocks”.

In fact, Mr. Karagiannis sharply criticized the opposition, noting that “the maximalisms of the past destroyed the country and its prospects. They trapped Greece in underdevelopment in order to serve local petty interests or sectoral bribes “.

He wondered, addressed to SYRIZA, “You ruled for 5.5 years, why did not you throw 1 euro in Evia? “Why did you not proceed with either the Chalkida Bypass or the North Axis?”.

Especially for the road connection of North Evia with Chalkida, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure reminded that it has been characterized as a national level project and today it is maturing, while in the middle of 2023 the Environmental Impact Study is expected to be submitted.

“The government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis bravely unblocks issues that had been stuck for decades and is safely leading the country and our fellow citizens to better days. That was our commitment to the Greek people and that is what we are doing. “ said in closing Mr. Karagiannis.