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The General Secretary of Infrastructure Mr. George Karagiannis spoke about the delivery schedule of the Thessaloniki metro, as well as for the other major projects that are in progress in Thessaloniki, such as the Fly Over, the connection of pier 6 with PATHE and other smaller, but importantworks that are slowly changing its image of the city, on “Radio Thessaloniki”.
As he said, the schedule for the metro has not changed, although time has been lost waiting for the decision of the Council of State, which concerns the method of detachment and relocation of antiquities at Venizelos station.
“We have said from the beginning that the Metro will be ready in 2023. And we have said that we will have both Metro and the Ancient Monuments. In fact, Venizelos station will be a living museum. And all the people of Thessaloniki must understand this “said Mr. Karagiannis, emphasizing that for the first time the city is moving forward with one voice – Municipality, Region, scientific bodies – and according to the weekly reports received by the ministry, the work is progressing, despite the pandemic, too fast.
What we have said about Thessaloniki is true in its entirety, because the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Costas Karamanlis, announced from the first moment that “we owe Thessaloniki”. And the government of Thessaloniki really owes it! ”
Regarding the stations of Psellos and Pontos, Mr. Karagiannis stated that after the meeting with the mayor of the city, the accessibility problems that both had were solved. “That is, a Metro station would be built, the Metro in Nea Elvetia would be ready and the citizens would not be able to approach it! Now we are completing the expropriations, we will open Psellos and at the same time, the Municipality has planned a very nice proposal for urban regeneration “.
“These are issues that plagued the inhabitants in all these areas, both in Kalamaria and in Pylea and in New Switzerland. They were years unsolved. Now they have joined a series and everything is solved one by one “.
Also, as he said, Thessaloniki has many projects which remained “haunted”, holding the city back, something not at all honorable for the people of Thessaloniki.
“Now, at all levels, very systematic work is being done by the Ministry of Infrastructure and by the entire government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with Thessaloniki having entered another level, since all the projects are progressing at a much faster pace. “, Stressed Mr. Karagiannis.
In fact, the Secretary General of Infrastructure stressed that the projects may be complex, but with determination and systematic work, all issues are solved. “When systematic work is done somewhere, you take all the data, sit down and work on it and say: I will have a result in 20 months. So I think all the problems are solved, either in 10 months, or in 1 month, or in 10 days “.
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