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Athens is set to reopen Vasilissis Olgas Street in the coming days after long-delayed construction works were completed, city officials said Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mayor Haris Doukas made the announcement on social media, saying, \u201cWorks on Vasilissis Olgas have finally been completed! In a few days it will be officially delivered to citizens. The hardship of Athenians has come to an end.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The road, which essentially connects Mets and Pangrati with Plaka had remained closed for six years, including a period of three and a half years during which no work was carried out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Doukas said his administration made completion of the project a priority during the campaign period and, within two years, delivered what he described as \u201ca multimodal road, a jewel for Athens.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Its traffic study was amended during Doukas\u2019 tenure and provides for operation as a low-traffic road, two-way, with a speed limit of 20 kilometers per hour.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The earlier study called for full pedestrianization.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a statement, former Athens mayor Kostas Bakoyannis noted that Doukas had previously \u201cmocked, ridiculed and opposed\u201d the redevelopment project and did not implement it, attributing its execution to another entity.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPopulism before, populism after. Words in the air. Fortunately, the projects remain,\u201d Bakoyannis said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n