Solutions that will relieve the huge traffic problem on the Avenue descent Kifissou At the height of Metamorphosis, where huge car queues are observed daily, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport executives are studying.

Daily kilometers hold “hostage” for hours thousands of drivers – Some days the queues extend from Peristeri to Nea Kifissia (Kalftaki Bridge)

With the solutions examined by the government can be reduced even below the kilometer.

The point where the problem is observed is the entry of cars leaving the Attica Road heading to Piraeus, Athens, Peristeri, Aigaleo and the other municipalities of the wider central and southern sector of the Basin.

All these cars either come from the airport and the northern suburbs via Attica Odos, or from the Peloponnese and Western Greece via Attica Odos and want to head to the center of Athens.

Everything falls on the downward stream of Kifissos Avenue where there are only two lanes and the traffic problem follows.

How to solve the problem – the project at the Skaramanga junction

Huge breath on Kifissos Avenue and the huge traffic problem that faces mainly in the morning in both streams, upward and downstream, are expected to be provided by projects that will start very soon at the Skaramanga road hub and will be completed in three years from their auction.

According to top executives of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Skaramanga’s work with three uneven nodes is expected to be auctioned in May.

The subject of the auctioned project concerns the upgrading of the road infrastructure in the Skaramanga area, where the EO contributes. Athens-Corinth with Schistou Avenue (Schistos junction).

Upon completion, Kifissos Avenue will be greatly relieved Great traffic burden will be taken by the western regional of Aigaleo which will be connected to the Schistou Avenue and the two streams of the highway.

At the same time, the project will offer an alternative route for travel from Attica Road to Piraeus and the southwestern suburbs of the Basin, contributing to the congestion of L. Kifissos.

With the implementation of the project, with a total length of 7.4 km, the Dapsonos road axis will be completed, with the creation of two new junction (Skaramanga and Shipyards) and the upgrading of the existing Schistos junction.

In addition, the option is projected, inter alia, the road connection to the existing 2.3 km -long business park network which includes upgrading two (2) connection hubs to the Landfill (Landfill) and NATO Avenue. Project, which will also help to condemn Kifissos.

According to the Ministry of Infrastructure, the expected benefits of implementing the project are:

The creation of axis L. Schistou – Dapla.

The elimination of traffic problems in L. Schistou.

The diversion of traffic from Kifissos Avenue to the new Schisto -Dapla axis.

The EO upgrade Athens Corinth with three (3) strips in the area of ​​Schisto – Skaramanga hubs.

The auctioning of the project is scheduled for the 1st quarter of 2025, and its construction will last three years after the signing of the contract. The project budget is EUR 70 million.