Twelve million euros were paid by the Ministry of the Interior to the Municipality of Thessaloniki for expropriations, concerning the opening of Michail Psellou Street, at the New Switzerland station of the Thessaloniki metro project.
Deputy Interior Minister Stelios Petsas, Deputy Minister of Interior (Macedonia – Thrace) Stavros Kalafatis, Thessaloniki Mayor Konstantinos Zervas and the head of the Prime Minister’s Office in Thessaloniki Maria Antoniou were at the construction site in the afternoon to inspect the progress of the works.
The opening of Psellou Street will be accompanied by the shaping of the surrounding area above the metro station, in such a way that the redevelopment will serve a series of functions and actions that will upgrade not only the transportation project, but also the quality of life in the wider area of the eastern entrance of the city.
The presentation was made by the president and managing director of Attiko Metro Nikos Tachiaos, while OSETH officials were present, including the president Ioannis Kalogeroudis, the managing director Ioannis Toskas and the member of the management, Phrygalia Papageorgiou.
“This money will be used to make a recreation area, parks, cycle paths, a transfer station, parking, all that we would like a modern station to have, but also an area that is friendlier to residents and visitors,” said Mr. Petsas and added: “So we are really happy that this team effort has a happy ending and we hope within a very tight schedule it will be for use by all the residents of the area.”
In response to a question about the government’s support for the municipalities to deal with the energy crisis, Mr. Petsas replied that already in the first half of 2022, 218 million euros have been allocated to the municipalities, when the estimate made with the KEDE at the beginning of of the year estimated the additional energy costs for the municipalities at approximately 270 million euros on an annual basis and continued:
“Already, in the first half of the year we gave 218 million euros. And we will not stop here, we will continue to strengthen, to stand next to the self-government”.
Statements St. Kalafati, M. Antoniou, K. Zerva
“The government proves with actions that Thessaloniki is at the center of its interest,” said Mr. Kalafatis and added: “Today we announce the support of the municipality with twelve million for expropriations in this very important project… If you consider that the last week they have been approved, but 30 million euros from the Recovery Fund for improvements in the public space again for the municipality of Thessaloniki, will see that many things are actually being done for Thessaloniki”.
Mrs. Antoniou pointed out that “by order of the prime minister” and with the cooperation of the co-competent Ministries of Interior, Finance and the municipality and Attiko Metro and OSETH, another project is moving forward to be delivered to the citizens.
“We all worked so that the metro terminal in the east became a project of a metropolitan scale,” said Mr. Zervas and continued: “We collaborated, not only for the expropriations and the opening of Psellou Street, but for the creation of a multimodal station with greenery, parks, transfer station, parking, cycle path. And it is extremely important that all these have been studied and we are in the phase, after the expropriations, of their implementation”.
Officials estimated that the redevelopment project at the New Switzerland subway station will be completed and handed over to citizens by the end of next year.
Source: RES-MPE
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