“I’m sure we’ll catch the target we have set,” he said today The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Nikos Tahaios Expressing his confidence that by the end of 2025 the goal is for the subway to operate in Kalamaria, while on May 16, 2027, it will be delivered for use to citizens and Flyover.

Speaking at the 4th innovative conference of Greece Talks, (in the section on “Quality of Life in an Anthropocentric City”) currently co -organized in Thessaloniki Travel.gr and “First Issue” Mr. Tahaios referring to extension of the subway to Kalamariahe stressed that it is not an easy task, but a complex process due to the multiple conventions that exist and must be combined with each other in order to bring about the final integration into the base line. “This procedure is an exercise that will require the stoppage of the metro base line for several days and as he said,” it depends on whether it will be a continuous interruption and in its entirety or divided into individual sections. If divided into individual segments will be greater than a continuous interruption. We have not yet made the final decisions and these will be made when it is time to integrate the Kalamaria subway expansion into the base line, “he said.

Saying that the latest poll shows that 40% of Thessaloniki want the subway to expand to Macedonia Airport, with those who “vote” to the northwest of the city “clearly to be lacking”, Mr. Tahaios noting that “the subway is an expensive one and the 100m.” Priority is to extend the subway to northwestern Thessalonikiwhich will also be created in Terpsithea, to serve visitors to the museum to be created at the Pavlos Mela camp. “The expansion of the subway to the city’s northerners is worth it,” he said categorically.

After all, as the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport explained, Macedonia Airport does not offer traffic to the city, nor is it clear that the move is de facto driven to the city center. ” In this context, he stressed that the government is considering ways to connect the Thessaloniki Airport with a fixed track medium. “The airport needs a monorail at best connected to a metro transfer station, the possibility of the Mikra Station in Kalamaria,” he said.

For Flyover, The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport said that the Construction proceeds based on timetables which have been set in advance and characteristically said: “They all see that the project” runs “at a fast pace and to achieve the goal we have set” ants “people incessantly.” Halkidiki in Polygyros.

In his post, Mr. Tahaios said that Thessaloniki is in a better position than Athens in terms of electric buses on the streets and noted that “if we want Thessaloniki to go ahead, the Thessaloniki model must be created and to do so. Thessaloniki is a city in which we owe a lot and a city for which we have to work to make it better, “he said.

Thessaloniki dynamism – +30% expected this year’s increase

His position that the quality of life in the city of Thessaloniki should not be aimed at tourism, but “start and end up with those living in Thessaloniki,” said Co-He Stanta SA, Anastasios Andreas, clarifying that “I speak in the capacity of a man here, he has been here.”

“The development of the city should not be something that aims to attract tourism. It is something that starts with the people of Thessaloniki who live and work here, it is the subway, which now people have begun to get used to it and use it, it is the cleanliness that I personally see here a big difference, it is culture, it is gastronomy, “he said. Specifically for the subway, he estimated that in the near future, he would have an even greater appeal and expressed his position that Thessaloniki is no longer separated from the other Mediterranean cities of the same range. “I think the local community must love its city a little further and not leave a small minority that destroys and pollutes the city to harm the others who want a new image of Thessaloniki,” he said.

“Thessaloniki has a special dynamism, in no way has it even approached the roof of its potential and is already on the” map “of foreign visitors worldwide,” AVIS chief executive Andreas Taprantzis said, and saying that until now, the 20% of the City will show that 20 Compared to last year. “

Speaking about the strengthening of Thessaloniki’s popularity to tourists, he stressed that “it is a matter of culture and faith. We ourselves must believe more in our city. A very important way of tourism is on weekends (WEEKENDS). Thessaloniki is a destination for weekends and we need to invest even more. Thessaloniki could become a Greek Milan, “he said.

Among other things, he said he should Increase international connections to Airport “Macedonia“, Which, as he explained, records 3-3.5 million arrivals, but also to put more emphasis on road tourism, which relates to 12 million tourists.

Its position that the Sun/Sea model was exhausted and the Central Macedonia Region focuses on making it a 12-month tourist product by investing in alternative forms of tourism, the competent regional governor, Athina Athanasiadou-Aidonas, emphasized the need to reinforce the road. permanent residents of the city and Halkidiki. ” Specifically for Halkidiki, which hosts millions of tourists during the summer, Mrs Aidona acknowledged that even though much tourism in a short period of time can cause various problems, but hastened to clarify that “this does not mean that there are no infrastructure”.

This year’s Greece Talks aims to illuminate the future of Thessaloniki, answering important questions such as how the city can meet modern challenges and to scratch a strategy of sustainable development, what is the role of its daily life in shaping a separate travel experience and how it can be reinforced by the world.

The conference, as its organizers say, aspires to function as hub of ideas, bringing visionaries, entrepreneurs and culture bodies to share the vision of a Thessaloniki that looks at the future with optimism.