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Six additional interventions to mitigate the impact on Thessaloniki's traffic from the construction work of the Fly Over elevated expressway, announced the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Christos Staikouras, in a meeting with city agencies held today at the Thessaloniki City Hall, in which the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, responsible for Transport Christina Alexopoulou, Deputy Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Stathis Konstantinidis, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, responsible for Infrastructure Nikos Tachiaos and Secretary General of Infrastructure Konstantinos Magoulas.
The Minister of Infrastructure and Transport stated that: "Fly Over is a useful and necessary project for the city, as recognized by almost all of its agencies and as recently presented in a poll by the newspaper MACEDONIA. And this is because 10,000 vehicles per hour will be able to pass through the new ring road of Thessaloniki - free of tolls - when today 5,000 vehicles pass through, while, at the same time, the level of road safety increases and the environmental footprint decreases".
The interventions concern:
Elaboration of implementation studies to mitigate the effects on the city under the Coordination of the Central Macedonia Region,
Leasing of parts of the former Karatassiou camp to ensure a corridor for ambulances to Hospitals 424 and Papageorgiou.
Assignment of responsibilities to EGNATIA ODO SA for the operation of the Internal Ring Road of Thessaloniki, from the Uneven Junction K5 (Papageorgiou Hospital) to the Uneven Junction K12 (connection with Thessaloniki-Moudanion E.O.).
Rendering of GAIAOSE and HELLENIKO METRO spaces, construction of outdoor parking spaces.
Periodic and systematic information of the agencies regarding the progress of the project, within the framework of the Coordinating Body.
Even greater reinforcement of the OASTH, with buses and staff.
"In any case, we are willing to proceed with additional interventions, depending on the course and dynamics of the effects of the implementation of this important - for the city - project," Mr. Staikouras emphasized.
