Greece's cheapest highway will not be for much longer

Egnatia Odos, the highway running from Greece's northwest to northeast, cost more than any other national road project to develop yet remains the most affordable of the country's highway stretches for motorists, according to data provided at a recent conference by Giorgos Dedes, general secretary for infrastructure.

Egnatia Odos cost 6 billion euros to construct (excluding VAT), while the rest of the country's road network development costs total 7 billion euros, according to the official. These other projects include Ionia Odos, covering the mainland's western flank and whose last section is being unveiled on Tuesday, as well as a section of European route E65, that will link Lamia, central Greece, with Egnatia Odos, by crossing the entire Thessaly region.

A total of eight toll stations currently operate along Egnatia Odos, a highway stretching 852 kilometers, for an...