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A message to Turkey that Greece is a "strong deterrent force" was sent from Rethymno by the president of PASOK-KINAL, Nikos Androulakis, who attended the
Road safety is at the center of a national plan budgeted at
450 million euros, presented on Wednesday at the Hellenic Motor Museum by Greek Prime Minister
Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The ambitious program, to be financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), includes an updated legal framework, revised driver testing requirements, tougher penalties for driving schools, road and signage upgrades and improvements at 7,000 dangerous points countrywide including the highly dangerous
Patra-Pyrgos roadway, information and awareness campaigns, and incentives for vehicle renewal.
Together with Transport Minister
Yiannis Kefalogiannis, Mitsotakis unveiled the plan which focuses on four key points:
safe roads, responsible drivers, traffic education, and
Greece is moving swiftly ahead with the licensing and construction of 150
five years, investors and government officials said this week.
Investors in the project are
aiming to set up the largest seaplane network in Europe, creating at the same time a total of
7,000 jobs and bringing Greece at the forefront of developments in transport. According to estimates, in full operation waterways will contribute some
1 billion euros to the Greek economy.
According to the project’s key investors, Hellenic Seaplanes Chairman and Managing Director
Nicolas Charalambous and
Greek Water Airports Founder and Managing Director
Anastasios Govas, more than 300 million euros in investments are expected to go into the project in the next five years through the construction of