Attiki Odos

Toll prices to shoot up at the start of the new year

Toll prices }will be hiked by an average of 7-7.5% as of January 1, according to the new rates published by the six operators of Greece's national highways, in line with an agreement with the Infrastructure Ministry.

This means, for example, that the Athens - Thessaloniki trip for a regular sized family car will increase by 2.20 euros to €33.55.  

Athens ring road exit to airport to be closed for several hours

The exit to Athens International Airport on the Attiki Odos ring road will be closed to traffic from 10 p.m. on Tuesday night until 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning, the highway's operator has said.

Exit 7 from Dimokratias Avenue in Acharnes towards the airport will be closed as maintenance is carried out on that stretch of the road, the company said.

Saving animals on Mount Parnitha

It's Saturday, August 26, 5 p.m. Maria T. was driving her daughter, Dimitra S., by car to Fyli, in West Attica. Maria tells me: "We traversed the desolation of the burned landscape; the sky was cloudy, and you felt as though you were immersed in a painting by Goya. The sensation persisted from the moment we exited the Attiki Odos highway and entered Fyli.

Bids for new Attiki Odos concession to be published next month

Privatization agency Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (TAIPED) will publish the six competitive bids for the new concession of the Attiki Odos ring road linking the capital to its airport before September 9. It will then call on the highest bidder and those whose bids are up to 5% less than the highest to resubmit.

Four villages evacuated as Viotia blaze spreads

The residents of four parts of Dervenohoria in Viotia, northwest of Athens, were ordered to evacuate towards the West Attica town of Mandra on Tuesday as a wildfire started to approach homes and thick smoke filled the air.

Panorama, Pournari, Palaiohori and Agios Sotiras were being evacuated, as the blaze also crossed regional lines into Attica, heading towards Vilia and Oinoi.

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