Work on key road links to recommence in Greece?

Greece is again pushing for work on four motorway projects to recommence. The country is lobbying the EU for funding and assistance with restarting the projects as they will create up to 25,000 much-needed jobs, as Greece has been hit particularly hard by recession. The Greek Ministry of Development is hoping the work can start by April of this year. A major highway construction programme in Greece has seen the country benefit from a series of new tolled routes. However work on several of these stalled when
February 12, 2013 Read time: 1 min
Greece’s E65 highway is one of several new tolled routes in the country
Greece is again pushing for work on four motorway projects to recommence. The country is lobbying the EU for funding and assistance with restarting the projects as they will create up to 25,000 much-needed jobs, as Greece has been hit particularly hard by recession. The Greek Ministry of Development is hoping the work can start by April of this year. A major highway construction programme in Greece has seen the country benefit from a series of new tolled routes. However work on several of these stalled when the economic crisis hit and as the country’s desperate financial situation was revealed.

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