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Plakias 2023 - roadworks?

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Plakias 2023 - roadworks?

We watched a youTube video recently on Plakias:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJfjFmSm6pk posted.by Zameer Pactyan. Watch the whole video or fast forward to 21 minutes when he is just driving down the hill into Plakias from Lefkogia.

Just wondering if the roadworks through Plakias are now finished?

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I was in Plakias a few days ago and the work is ongoing putting in a new promenade, looks like it will be a few weeks before it's finished.

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Currently, the promenade is being renewed or widened and the pavement in front of the shops/taverns is being widened. This will take some time.

Many greetings from Souda/Plakias, kv

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Thanks both!

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We were in Plakias at the end of March. There is a lot of activity going on with paving and roadworks along the seafront area. Looks like a few weeks of work to do

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Today, work continued until noon - cement work.

The next few days the work will probably rest because of the Easter holidays.

I am curious to see what it will look like when it is finished. But it will still take a few weeks...

Many greetings from Souda/Plakias, kv

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For those that are interested this is what is being done to improve Plakias:

The major bioclimatic regeneration project concerning the tourist zone of Plakias is in full progress, which is progressing rapidly by the contractor and the continuous supervision of the municipality of Agios Vasilios.This is an intervention with a total length of 900 meters in the heart of the tourist settlement, designed to upgrade aesthetically and functionally the area of the south that attracts many visitors every summer.According to the mayor of Agios Vasilios, the sidewalks on the side of commercial enterprises and shops of sanitary interest from the entrance of Plakias to the bridge have already been completed, while now works are progressing on the sea side with the construction of sidewalks and bicycle paths. According to the schedule, as Mr. Tatarakis told the "R.N.", the works will be suspended on May 15-20 in order to avoid any disturbance during the tourist season. By then, as he underlined, the first part of the project will have been completed from the entrance of Plakias (Alianhtos Hotel up to the bridge) on both sides and there will be no dugouts, while until then, as he added, a piece will be worked on after the bridge and up to the junction for Souda on the sea side. At the same time, as he said, the project for the underground cables of HEDNO by May 20 will be completed at a rate of 75-80%, while the pending issues for autumn, when the project will restart, concern four closed-type transformers while the engraved asphalt will be pending.However, as the mayor pointed out, the project that will restart in mid-October will be completed and delivered on December 10, since as he said it is an NSRF project and there is no room for extensions." The works are in full swing and according to our schedule, they will continue until May 15-20.By then, all the ditches of HEDNO will have been restored, which will have completed most of the planned works (75-80%). I would like to thank very much HEDNO and its contractor Mr Papoutsakis for the progress of the works, which are progressing very quickly. Also, by then (mid-May) the sidewalks, bicycle paths and lighting fixtures will have been installed on the section from the entrance of Plakias to the bridge, While the contractor is proceeding at this time and after the bridge a piece on the sea side. On the sea side there will be sidewalks, planting, bicycle path, pedestrian path. All work stops around May 15-20 and will restart on October 15 to complete the project and deliver it later than December 10. Let us remind you that a flood protection project that is included in the bioclimatic regeneration has been completed", said Yiannis Tatarakis, pointing out that this project will transform the area by upgrading it aesthetically and functionally. He also added that the goal is for Plakias to be pedestrianized in the next tourist season, as then, as he said, the ring road will be completed while the municipality will have at its disposal two municipal parking spaces and a private one.

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Anything but finished! Roadworks ongoing but will cease for the tourist season in the middle of May 2023 and resume again in October 2023!

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8. Re: Plakias 2023 - roadworks?

Kalispera Pedro, thank you for your addition.

Many greetings from Souda/Plakias, kv

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Any idea of where the 'ring road' is planned to be?

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Any updates on this work please. We are visiting Plakias Wed 26th for a week

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