
The Corinth Canal is scheduled to reopen in July and be put into safe operation at least for the summer. This was noted by the Deputy Minister of Development and Investment, Christos Dimas, in a post on social media.
Specifically, he states: “Spot check to monitor the progress of damage repair works on the slopes of the canal from the Peloponnese side.
Today we paid a visit to the Isthmus, with the competent Deputy Minister of Infrastructure George Karagiannis, the Deputy Minister of National Defense Nikos Hardalia and the Mayor of Loutraki-Perachora-Agios Theodoros George Gionis, in the context of training officers of the non-technical school.
The goal is for the canal to reopen in July and be put into safe operation at least for the summer. The financing of the project is at 30.6 million euros and is from the Public Investment Program of the Ministry of Development and Investment “.


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