Easter getaway triggers heavy traffic 

[InTime News]

Traffic has been gathering up connected large routes retired of Athens, arsenic thousands of holidaymakers permission the superior for the Greek Easter.

By Thursday afternoon, vehicles were moving astatine slow speeds connected cardinal motorways amid expanding congestion. Along Kifissos Avenue, traffic heading northbound towards Lamia had travel to a adjacent standstill crossed a agelong stretch betwixt Renti and Kifissia.

On the Athens-Corinth motorway, dense westward traffic was reported from Egaleo to Skaramanga, with further delays astatine the toll booths of Nea Peramos and Megara.

Congestion was besides affecting the capital’s Attiki Odos ringing road, peculiarly successful the westbound absorption towards Elefsina.

At the aforesaid time, heightened rider traffic was recorded astatine Piraeus port, where much than 20,000 tickets were issued for Thursday departures. Increased enactment was besides reported astatine the Kifissou KTEL autobus depot, arsenic intercity services operated astatine precocious capacity.