Bird’s eye on illegal building

The state will employ state-of-the art satellite and aerial technology in order to locate illegal buildings throughout Greece.

The goal, in the first phase, will be to identify the new illegal constructions and to stop violations from the get-go, not after the fact. As one official said, "it will no longer be possible to arbitrarily build up an entire area, as we see happening in Mykonos." Subsequently, and as the project matures, special attention will be given to identifying irregularities in existing structures.

As announced on Wednesday, the project, titled "Identification of Unauthorized Construction with Modern Technological Means" and with a budget of 124 million euros, was added to the Recovery Fund. Of that, €24 million will be financed by the national part of the Public Investment Program. This is a decision signed by the Deputy Minister of National Economy...