In the seven-member composition of the Department of the Council of State, on October 1, the requests for annulment of the constitutionality of the Master Plan of Piraeus Port, filed by the Piraeus Bar Association (Piraeus Bar Association), the Municipality of Keratsini MEP and more than 100 citizens of Piraeus.

According to a statement from the Piraeus Bar Association, the applicants are calling for the cancellation of the Presidential Decree of 19/1/2023, which approved the “Strategic Environmental Impact Study” (SPA), the “Development Program” and the “Master Plan) and the Master Plan 15 and the Master Plan 15 and the Master Plan. They also concern the protection of the cultural heritage of Piraeus. It should be noted that these issues lack the necessary coastal studies and the special breakwater has not been constructed to protect the coastal monuments.

“The Piraeus Bar Association, aiming to protect the health of the citizens, the environment and the city’s cultural heritage, has repeatedly highlighted since 2019, with decisions of its Board of Directors, the real and legal problems linked to the planned” Port in front of the Piraeus Peninsula, ”the announcement notes.

In addition, the Association points out that these problems are linked, first of all, by increasing gaseous pollutants and other waste and the further traffic charge of the already burdened Piraeus, as well as the methodology of processing dangerous doc. (“The Cononal Wall”, “Themistocles Burial Monument”).

During the discussion of cancellation applications, the DSP, through its legal representatives, Ev. Reader, I. Vrellou and I. Kardaras, as well as the other applicants, have highlighted the legal problems from the contested acts and the CoE is now called upon to judge whether these administrative acts are in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the National and the City of the City and the City of the City and the City its inhabitants.