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Pyrgos-Patras motorway gets green light from Commission

A motorway linking the cities of Pyrgos and Patras in the northwestern Peloponnese will be funded with 293 million euros from the EU's Cohesion Fund, after the project received the green light from the European Commission on Wednesday.

Located on the Trans-European Transport network (TEN-T), the new road will ensure faster and safer travel, the Commission said in a press release

New Corinth-Patra road to open by end of March, reports say

A tunnel on the new Corinth-Patra road, which is still under construction. Reports Wednesday indicated that the new road will be open to vehicles by the end of March 2017 and is part of a 201.5-kilometer highway that will connect Elefsina, northwest of Athens, with Patra in western Greece. [Olympia Odos/ANA-MPA]

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