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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-09-02
CONTENTS
[01] PM Tsipras inaugurates Derveni tunnels, new sections of Olympia
Highway
[01] PM Tsipras inaugurates Derveni tunnels, new sections of Olympia
Highway
After opening a section of the Olympia Highway from Corinth to Kiato,
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday also opened two new tunnels and a
bridge crossing the Derveni River, on the Corinth-bound lanes of the same
highway. The two tunnels measure 670 metres and 450 metres, respectively,
each having two lanes, and also pass over the railway line at one end.
In statements earlier, Tsipras said that the inauguration of the new
infrastructure projects sent a strong message that it was now time for the
country to get back on its feet. He also highlighted their importance for
western Greece, noting that the sections of the Olympia Highway turned
over for use on Friday were the result of an effort beginning more than
a year ago.
The prime minister commented on the results of the television licences
tender and said this was the second message the government is sending
out on Friday, within and outside Greece, that lawlessness has come to
an end and all in Greece will now be equal before the law.
He pledged that two thirds of the sums raised in the tender will be
spent to support vulnerable social groups by the end of 2016 and the
remaining third by the end of 2017, promising to give further details
at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).
Infrastructure, Transport and Networks Minister Christos Spirtzis
commented that the "construction crews and projects being delivered" were
doing the talking on this day. He also announced that, under new laws,
no project will be contracted out before the necessary expropriations
and archaeological service inspections were completed.
Talking to the ANA, government spokeswoman Olga Gerovasili noted that
the government had succeeded in unblocking projects that had been mired
for years, while greatly reducing the cost of these major roadways for
the country. "Within 2017 all the major road axes will be completed and
the great inconvenience for a very large number of Greeks will be at an
end," she added.
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