The Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, George Karagiannis, spoke in Parliament about the interventions in Evia, answering a relevant topical question.
"We are moving forward with what they have been doing for years and we are implementing the largest infrastructure program. We are making interventions in Evia itself and directing resources that the prefecture had to see for decades ", Mr. Karagiannis emphasized.
He made extensive reference to the project "Bypass of Chalkida and Psachna", with a total budget of 210 million euros, which the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis managed to auction and in 2022 the first construction sites are expected to be erected.
Addressing SYRIZA, he noted that "for a project that you as a government categorically failed to bid for 4.5 years, we managed to bid and the tender process has already progressed and we will soon have the announcement of the temporary contractor."
In fact, as the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure pointed out, the project has a lower cost by 40 million euros, from the budget for SYRIZA days.
"If the project went on the air during your days with the planning that had been done then by the Ministry, the cost would be at least 250 million euros," he underlined.
Regarding the layout, he noted that "the project we auctioned, is consistent with the core of the old study, with the uneven nodes that were provided and with the techniques as they had been studied" and added that "it clearly bypasses both the city of Chalkida and the Psachna ».
