New Corinth-Patra highway inaugurated by Greek PM

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday inaugurated the new national highway linking Corinth to the western port of Patra, less than a week after presiding over the launch of a new motorway in Tempe, central Greece.

The new highway that runs from the town of Corinth across the northern Peloponnese to Patra in the west is expected to reduce the time it takes to travel to the western port from Athens to around an hour-and-a-half.

It will be operated by the Olympia Odos company. All of the lanes will be opened for the Easter holidays - tollbooths will not be in operation before the weekend - though some restrictions will apply for a short period afterwards.

Tsipras hailed the new highway as a "symbol of Greece's ability to stand on its own two feet" and said it would mark and end to the wearisome journey that motorists had been subjected to until now.

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