Contract signatures for Patra-Pyrgos Motorway coming soon

Greece’s largest road-related project proposal for NSRF 2014-2020 period, was finally approved earlier today, ending a “drama” that lasted about 3 years. According to an announcement by the European Commission, Cohesion Fund’s contributions reached 293mln euros for the 75 km long Patra-Pyrgos Motorway, which is also a part of the Pan-European Transport Network (TEN-T).

Commissioner for Regional Policy, Ms. Korina Kretsu noted: “I am proud that Cohesion Fund resources can contribute to this major infrastructure project. It will significantly improve road safety in Achaia and Ilia while completing the road networks around Patras, the capital of the Western Greece Region, and the third largest city in the country, will offer new economic opportunities in the wider region as well as better transports only internally but also to the neighboring Member States. “
 
This project, funded by the EU, also includes the necessary accompanying infrastructure projects such as bridges, crossings as well as facilitating access from residential and rural areas to the main road, with 130 km of new or upgraded dirt roads.

 

The approval of the large-scale project by the European Commission will finally allow the end of the pre-contractual period, which will open with the signing of the contracts and the beginning of the construction stage, later in 2018. It is reminded that the funding of the project will be covered by NSRF 2014-2020. The duration of the construction is 42 months putting the completion and operation of the project in 2022.

Pending issues, before the final signatures, include the approval of the contracts by the Court of Auditors (a process that usually takes 2-4 months) and the ratification by the Greek Parliament.

The project has been included in NSRF 2014-2020, since October 2017, with 355.60mln euros. The contractors are:

1st contract: PYRGOS-DUNEIKA (12.7.16), 67.2mln euros, TOXOTIS-CONSTRUCTION GROUP with a 53.05% discount.

2nd contract: DUNEIKA-AMALIADA (17.5.16), 54,5mln euros, TOXOTIS-CONSTRUCTION GROUP with a 55,32% discount.

3rd contract: AMALIADA-KYLLINI (14.6.16), 56,16mln euros, TOXOTIS-CONSTRUCTION GROUP with a 57,45% discount.

4th contract: KYLLINI-VARDA, (7.2.17), 74,01mln euros, TOXOTIS-CONSTRUCTION GROUP with a 50,39% discount.

5th contract: VARDA-SAGHEIKA: (4.4.17), 74,37mln euros, XANTHAKIS-INTERKAT with a 49,90% discount.

6th contract: SAGHEIKA-KATO ACHAGHIA (30.5.17), 74,39mln euros, DG INFRASTRUTTURE with a 53.40% discount.

7th contract: KATO ACHAGIA-PATRAS INDUSTRIAL AREA (25.7.17), 35,79mln euros, INTERKAT with a 50,99% discount .

8th Contract: PATRAS INDUSTRIAL AREA-MITILOGLI (14.3.18), 74,4mln euros, DG INFRASTRUTTURE with a 52,40% discount.

 

Nikos Karagiannis-ypodomes.com

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