The island of Kos yesterday, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, responsible for infrastructure, visited Nikos Tahiaos, as part of his tour of the South Aegean region, in order to ascertain the progress of the projects promoted by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, with a total budget of more than 160 million euros.

Nikos Tachiaos went to the “Hippocrates” airport of the island, where the work to comply with the regulatory requirements of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) was completed. Thus, starting this summer, all restrictions imposed by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will now be lifted.

During his visit to the island, the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure toured in the city of Kos and held working meetings with the Mayor, Theodosis Nikitaras, the Vice-Regional Governor for Digital Development of the South Aegean, Charalambos Navrozidis, and the Provincial, Konstantina Svynos, who explained to him the needs of the residents, mainly in health and transportation infrastructure.

He also visited the sites where the new Courthouse will be built, for which the design and construction contract was signed at the beginning of April, and the new General Hospital which is in the stages of preliminary studies, projects under the responsibility of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport which are a first priority for the island .

In addition, the Deputy Minister met with the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Koos and Nisyros, Mr. Nathanael.

After the end of the visits and meetings he held on the island, Mr. Tachiaos stated: “We met today next to the Akrites of the Aegean, not to hold pre-election parties, but to see first-hand the problems they face and to listen to their needs their. I listened very carefully to their requests. I would like to assure them that we will consider all of them seriously, so that we can then proceed with their planning, making use of the financial resources available to us each time.

Even though we are on the eve of the European elections, we did not come to the island to make empty promises, nor to popularize, because by now we have all learned that “lefto trees” do not exist.

We share the anxiety of the islanders for the completion of the projects that are necessary to improve their daily lives. We work to keep people in their place and the Region alive and growing. We are here to jointly plan the solutions that are possible.”

Indicative of the main projects of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport in the South Aegean region.

Projects related to:

  • ·Airports, such as the development and improvement of the infrastructure of the new airport in Paros, the expansion and improvement of the maneuvering area of ​​the State Airport in Naxos and the extension of the runway in Syros.
  • At the same time, compliance with the EASA regulatory requirements of Mykonos, Santorini and Rhodes airports is progressing.
  • Irrigation projects, such as the construction of the Schina dam and transmission pipeline in Karpathos and the construction of the Tsikalari dam in Naxos.
  • Building projects, such as the maintenance of the Ecclesiastical High School and High School of the Patmiada Ecclesiastical School, while recently the extension to the building complex of the Music School in Rhodes and the work on the new all-day primary school in Levada, Archangelos Rhodes was completed.