Progress in scheduled infrastructural public works will not be suspended because of emergency works required in the aftermath of the recent storms in Thessaly, said Infrastructure & Transport Minister Christos Staikouras on Monday.
The minister was speaking at the 6th Infrastructure & Transport Conference – ITC 2023, held in Athens in September 17-20. Staikouras also spoke about the damages inflicted by the storms in the ITC 2023’s opening event on Sunday.
Moreover, the minister added, the private sector has to bear its share of the responsibility in dealing with the situation that emerged after the storm ‘Daniel’ flooded crops, villages and cities in Thessaly, central Greece, drowning more than 220,000 livestock animals.
All scheduled works will go ahead as planned, clarified Staikouras, despite “external challenges such as the macroeconomic climate, inflation, price hikes, construction costs, problems finding human resources, expropriations, and other issues,” he noted.
SOURCE; ANA-MPA
