In the projects that are now being carried out and the open construction sites that exist from its center Athens to Thessaloniki and Cretereported o Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, responsible for infrastructure, Mr. George Karagiannisadding, on the occasion of price increases in raw materialsa solution will be given in the immediate future based on the country’s budget.
In an interview with “Parapolitika” he made extensive reference to the issue that has arisen in the constructions from the global energy crisis and the price increases in petroleum products.
He assured that “in the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport with Costas Karamanlis we do not sit idly by. We have already had a meeting with representatives of the contractors, the technical meetings continue and in the immediate future we will provide a solution based on the country’s budget “.
As he said, in the meetings that take place, all the contractors are represented without exceptions, while the ultimate goal of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport is to cure pathogenesis of years and to streamline the system.
He underlined that “already what we have predicted is the creation of a price observatory and the establishment of a Company for Specifications and Pricing of Technical Works and Studies in order for the updates to be done automatically and the process of issuing the relevant JMC is in progress “.
In fact, he pointed out that “for the first time the State gives equal participation in the private sector by 50%, thus directly taking into account the messages of the market”.
“Patra-Pyrgos”: “The Prime Minister will inspect the constructed construction sites”
The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure referred to the “Patra-Pyrgos” highway, a project that, as he said, “we owed to the Western Peloponnese and Western Greece”.
He announced that “the first construction sites in Pyrgos and Achaia have already started working, while the Prime Minister and the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport will visit the construction sites to see up close what is happening”.
Regarding the solution given in order to finally implement the project, Mr. Karagiannis commented that: “We prefer to make difficult decisions but responsible ones that lead to the implementation of the projects. We are not going to launch fake projects or tarpaulins. “We are not going to have bulldozers that will disappear the next day,” he said, adding that “the decision taken with political courage and discretion is justified.”
He stressed that, within 2024, the first 56km will be delivered. from the Tower, while the whole project will be completed in 40 months.
He reminded that, for the first time in Greek history, there will be intervention in the existing network in order to upgrade road safety.
Line 4: “It will change the daily life of the Athenians and the image of the city”
The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure then referred to the metro projects, which, as he stressed, “we believe very much as they upgrade the lives of citizens.”
Regarding Line 4 of the Athens Metro, he noted that a double project is underway. The main project concerning the construction of the new line as well as a broad intervention that will reduce the environmental footprint, will “green” entire areas and will turn each new station into a green lung.
“We will make urban renovations in an area of ​​85,000 sq.m., this is a very serious intervention”, stressed Mr. Karagiannis.
He added, at the same time, that the station in Exarcheion Square will be built normally as “the government is clear that it will not leave areas in the dim light and will not allow avatas. In addition, the area is inhabited by taxable citizens and we must make their daily lives easier. “
“SYRIZA had left Western Attica”
Asked about the projects that have been launched in West Attica, Mr. Karagiannis commented that the supposedly sensitive government of the “first time Left” had left West Attica. The government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis found a serious development deficit “.
For this reason, as the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure explained, “we are proceeding with the upgrading of the infrastructure that creates new jobs, attracts investments and restores the citizens’ trust in the institutions”.
He underlined that in the summer the Metro will reach the largest Port of the country as the stations of the extension of Line 3, Maniatika, Piraeus, Municipal Theater will be put into operation.
Among the ongoing projects is the expansion of Line 2 to Ilion with three new stations, Palatiani, Ilion and Ag. Nikolaos and the suburb of West Attica to Megara, which will bring the center of Athens closer.
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