Bakoyannis at the Delphi Economic Forum: We are creating a new city at the Botanical Garden

Reportage: Stelios Kandias

THE Double Regeneration is the largest urban regeneration program, he pointed out at the 7th Economic Forum of Delphi the mayor of Athens Costas Bakogiannis.

“To the degraded Botanical we are building a new stadium and infrastructure, and we are essentially creating a new city. At the same time, we will create a green area by demolishing its stadium Avenue. “This is a direct investment of 250 million euros in a few months, which means high quality jobs,” he said.

“We are creating a new safe and friendly environment for the citizens, we are rebuilding dozens of playgrounds,” he noted.

As the mayor of Athens stressed, the Athena found in the eye of the cyclone with successive seizures. “Economic crisis, refugee crisis, pandemic, we had successive crises, but the civil crisis preceded, as residents left neighborhoods.”

“Our policy brings environmental benefits,” said Mr. Bakoyannis. At Panepistimiou, he pointed out as an example, thanks to our policy we had a reduction of carbon dioxide that exceeds 20%.

“In the 20th century we were building cities around us. In the 21st century we are building cities between us,” said the mayor of Athens.

Focus on the divergence of responsibilities in matters of major importance such as public transport, typically stating “there is no one phone to call someone”. He added, however, that Transport Minister Costas Karamanlis is preparing a bill on the issue.

The local government is dependent on the central government in terms of resources, he stressed. A constant request of the Municipality of Athens is the return of ENFIA to the local government.

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