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Beltway, first with Vouliagmenis Avenue and
then with the Athens coast highway, will con-
sist of a 3 kilometre tunnel, starting from the
Saketas military camp area and ending at
Vouliagmenis Ave.
The connection of the western section of the
Hemettus Beltway with the southern part of
Athens, and in particular with Vouliagmenis
Avenue near Hellenikon, had made the head-
lines many years ago, when George Souflias,
the then Minister of Environment, Town
Planning and Public Works, had presented a
comprehensive plan for the extension of the
Attiki Odos motorway towards Rafina, Spata
(the Athens International Airport), and Lavrio,
the extension of Kymis Avenue etc.
This plan was eventually shelved, only to be
replaced in the coming years by a definitely
smaller project, the main menu of which con-
sisted of the underground extension of the
western section of the Hemettus Beltway to
Vouliagmenis Avenue.
•Three tourism projects, with a total estimated
budget of 112,000,000 euros: a healing
tourism project; the conversion of the Tae-
Kwon-Do centre to a conference centre; and
the modernisation of the Winter Ski Centre of
Parnassus.
•Five information and communication technology
projects, with a total estimated budget of
920,000,000. These include the Next Generation
Access (NGA) national broadband Plan, high
and super-high speed Internet connection, smart
transportation, and the “smart buildings for smart
cities” concept.
•Four research, development and innovation proj-
ects, with a total estimated budget of
594,000,000. These are the creation of
Large infrastructure projects, which used to be the Greek econo-
my’s growth engine, were affected by the recession of the past
few years.
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