Motorways in Greece

Parts of the Attiki Odos beltway will be closed starting Wednesday at 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Thursday, due to scheduled maintenance works.

According to Attiki Odos, both directions of the eastern section of the Ymittos ring road will be affected. 

The traffic on Attiki Odos starts from the height of Metamorfosi and ends at Megara - Thousands of excursionists depart in good weather - 70,588 vehicles passed the toll of Elefsina from 6 am on Holy Thursday

After no fewer than 16 years, the section of the E65 highway linking Lamia (in central Greece) with Kalambaka (in Thessaly) was officially launched on Tuesday in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

This is a 136-kilometer section of the road that the PM dubbed "a decades-long dream."

An investment proposal submitted by Atlas Robotics to Enterprise Greece foresees the creation of a manufacturing factory for robotic technology in northwestern Greece, with a budget of 91 million euros.

The agreement for the concession of Egnatia Odos between the Greek state and the Asset Development Fund (TAIPED), as well as the company Nea Egnatia Odos and the original shareholders, GEK Terna and Egis Projects was signed on Friday, according to TAIPED. 

Tourists visiting Athens are advised against using private transport services that do not have proper taxi licenses, following a crackdown on mini-vans carrying paying passengers to and from Athens airport.

The western section of the Attiki Odos Attica beltway will be closed starting at 10 p.m. Wednesday until 6 a.m. on Thursday, due to scheduled maintenance works.

Specifically, the routes affected will be the western part of the regional Ymittou Avenue heading to Vrilissia and Elefsina.

Motorists using the Egnatia Odos highway (A2) around the Igoumenitsa area may face some delays through Wednesday as maintenance work is carried out on the Aktio-Preveza Undersea Tunnel.

The concession of the Egnatia Odos highway to GEK Terna for a period of 40 years is expected to be completed in March.

Progress in construction work for the Central Greece Motorway (E65), connecting Macedonia with southern Greece through western Thessaly and Fthiotida in Central Greece, is "excellent," Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras said on Monday, during an on-site inspection.