2024-06-23 11:35:58
In 54 months from the signing of the contract, which is anticipated within the coming weeks, the undertaking of extending the Ionian street to the Greek-Albanian border, particularly, the Ioannina – Kakavia part, shall be accomplished.
This was acknowledged by the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Christos Staikouras, whereas briefing the Standing Committee on Manufacturing and Commerce of the Parliament, noting that the financing of the undertaking, amounting to 310 million euros in whole, is secured, whereas he reiterated, as is understood, that the undertaking was efficiently accomplished pre-contractual management.
As Mr. Staikouras talked about, this street axis, 69.5 km lengthy, is a part of the Trans-European Transport Community (Orient East Med) and improves the connectivity of the PE of Ioannina with the remainder of Greece, contributing to its improvement, whereas it’s the most important gateway to the nation from Albania and by extension the Western Balkans. The brand new street axis may even join the Worldwide Airport of Ioannina and thru the Egnatia Street the Port of Igoumenitsa, in addition to the VIPE of Ioannina with the principle street axes. As is understood, the undertaking contains two subsections, Ioannina – Kalpaki and Kalpaki – Kakavia, which is an possibility primarily based on the contract.
On the identical assembly, Mr. Staikouras referred to the massive water provide undertaking of the prefectures of Preveza – Arta – Lefkada, with a complete funds of 145 million euros. The thing of the undertaking is the development of a brand new water transport community, with a complete size of 104 km, from the springs of Agios Georgios Louros to Lefkada. It’s deliberate to cowl the water provide wants of settlements within the Regional Items of Arta, Preveza, Etoloakarnania and Lefkada. The community will change the prevailing outdated aqueduct, providing a rational distribution of water between the settlements and good high quality ingesting water, to greater than 150,000 residents of the above areas.
The undertaking is anticipated to be accomplished 40 months after the signing of the contract, which is anticipated in July, whereas after the tip of the trial interval, the operation shall be carried out by the contractor for 36 months.
The undertaking was initially included within the Restoration Fund, however then it was included, as Preveza MP Kostas Barkas famous, stressing its necessity to satisfy the wants of the area. “I hope that this undertaking, which is to be included within the PDE, won’t be like people who got here out and in as a result of they’d issues with financing”, famous the SYRIZA MP – P.S. and added that he’ll monitor the progress of the undertaking. On the identical time, he once more raised the problem of the Preveza – Igoumenitsa street connection, asking the minister to think about the potential of its promotion.