Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday that the Thessaloniki Metro would be running by November 30 during an event at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. “Today, the Venizelos station is a museum and the most impressive station in a metro system. We have become global pioneers in removing and repositioning antiquities,” the Greek PM remarked.
He went on to pledge that the metro, a project that was mired in delays upon delays for a long time, will finally be delivered to the citizens of the second-largest Greek city on November 30, 2024.
Mitsotakis made special reference to the Ministry of Culture and its exceptional work in managing to preserve antiquities unearthed during the ongoing excavations of such a large project. “Many doubted we could not have both a metro and antiquities,” he underlined.
Large infrastructure projects in Greece involving subterranean works are often stalled due to the discovery of ancient artifacts.
Mitsotakis also touched upon the regional development plan, highlighting its provisions that respected the priorities laid down by local communities.
Commenting on the Thessaloniki Concert Hall event, the Greek PM said it was selected to present the works already completed, as well as those in the pipeline for Thessaloniki and the wider region of central Macedonia.
He continued by making special mention of the work done in the health sector, like the construction of new hospitals and the upgrading of already existing ones.
Mitsotakis concluded that the city was transforming at a rapid pace, adding that no other government in the past had managed to realize so many projects as his government.
