Infrastructure Ministry

The clash between the Infrastructure Ministry and Attiki Odos SA, the operator of the capital's ringroad, is showing no signs of letup, as the former is suspending the toll hike planned on the highway from July 1 through a legislative act.

Three hundred of the houses that were ravaged in last summer's disastrous wildfires in Mati, eastern Attica, have received permits to rebuild and are slated to receive state funding for the purpose, Infrastructure Ministry General Secretary Maria Kleanthi told a meeting of local authority officials and residents on Wednesday.

The damage to roads, buildings and infrastructure caused by the torrential rain and gales that hit the island of Crete earlier in the week will exceed 100 million euros, according to Regional Governor Stavros Arnaoutakis.

He said the precise cost will be known after a team of Infrastructure Ministry experts and local engineers complete their assessment of the damage.

The town of Nea Makri, which belongs in the same municipality as Marathon, is set to get the first marina in the region of northeast Attica.

A study commissioned by the Infrastructure Ministry commissioned for the broader area has found that while southern Attica has several marinas, northeastern Attica has none that are properly licensed.

The Tempe section of the old national road between Larissa and Thessaloniki will be closed from spring 2019 till the end of the year for maintenance work on the bridge across the Pinios River (pictured) as it nears its 60th birthday.

The Infrastructure Ministry granted its approval for the work on Friday.

As autumn showers loom, the Infrastructure Ministry and Attica Regional Authority are scrambling to complete several projects that they hope will prevent the kind of flash floods that killed more than 20 people last November in Mandra, west of Athens.

The authorities are seeking the perpetrators of a paint attack on the General Secretariat for Public Works on Alexandras Avenue on Friday night, which has been claimed by the anarchist group Rouvikonas.

Applications by fire victims to receive compensation for the destruction caused by the deadly blaze that burned through the east coast of Attica on July 23-24 reached 1,761 in three days, the Infrastructure Ministry said on Friday.

The ministry has pledged to support households and businesses affected by the fire by paying out a lump sum of 5,000 euros.

The first 18 of Attica's numerous wildfire victims received on Thursday a lump sum of 5,000 euros in aid, the Infrastructure Ministry said.

The ministry has pledged to support households and businesses affected by the deadly blaze by applying for financial aid.

More than 2,000 homes were damaged in this week's deadly wildfire near Athens and roughly a quarter of them will have to be demolished, Greek officials said Friday, revealing more about the disaster that has seen the government face mounting criticism.