Infrastructure Ministry takes over damage restoration projects in Thessaly, Evia

The Ministry of Infrastructure, and not the regions, will undertake the damage restoration projects in Thessaly and Evia, the two regions that were badly affected following the deadly Storms Daniel and Elias in September 2023.

The ministry has determined which of its departments will tender for the restoration of road networks and schools in the affected areas, as well as the port of Kymasiou in Mantoudi, Evia. A detailed breakdown of the necessary works by regional unit will follow.

The decision, signed by Infrastructure Minister Christos Staikouras and published in a government gazette (7480 B) just before the end of 2023, comes to start the process of awarding the restoration works in flood-affected areas. The relevant provision had been made by legislation (in Law 5049/2023), a clear (political) disapproval of the way the restoration of the damage caused by the...