Athens’ Vassilissis Olgas back, but not without political controversy

Athens is acceptable to reopen Vasilissis Olgas Street successful the coming days aft long-delayed operation works were completed, metropolis officials said Tuesday. 

Mayor Haris Doukas made the announcement connected κοινωνικά media, saying, “Works connected Vasilissis Olgas person yet been completed! In a fewer days it will beryllium officially delivered to citizens. The hardship of Athenians has travel to an end.” 

The road, which fundamentally connects Mets and Pangrati with Plaka had remained closed for six years, including a play of three and a fractional years during which nary work was carried out. 

Doukas said his medication made completion of the task a precedence during the run play and, within two years, delivered what helium described arsenic “a multimodal road, a jewel for Athens.” 

Its traffic study was amended during Doukas’ tenure and provides for cognition arsenic a low-traffic road, two-way, with a speed bounds of 20 kilometers per hour. 

The earlier study called for afloat pedestrianization. 

In a statement, erstwhile Athens politician Kostas Bakoyannis noted that Doukas had antecedently “mocked, ridiculed and opposed” the redevelopment task and did not instrumentality it, attributing its execution to different entity. 

“Populism before, populism after. Words successful the air. Fortunately, the projects remain,” Bakoyannis said.