The master plan for the flood protection of Thessaly will be presented tomorrow, Tuesday, March 5, to the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, by the heads of the Dutch company HVA International.
The plan has been submitted to the prime minister since last Wednesday and as the managing director of the company Miltiadis Gouzouris told the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency “tomorrow it will be presented to the prime minister”.
In Thessaly’s armoring plan, among other things, actions to strengthen dikes, dams, special proposals such as the one to avoid future floods in Lake Karla, the protection of cities from water in cases of severe weather and others are described. All proposals are accompanied by the corresponding schedules and cost estimates.
“Also, a strategic plan for agricultural production, animal husbandry and the related industry is included, while various measures and actions that will benefit the region are included,” said Mr. Gouzouris.
The plan is divided into individual sections. “We deal with each region separately, such as the cities of Karditsa, Trikala, Larissa, the mountainous regions and also Lake Karla.” There are specific proposals for each region, but this does not mean that they are individual proposals: all plans are connected to each other” noted the head of the Dutch company.
However, as he mentioned speaking to APE-MPE, in order for the plan to succeed there must be consensus from everyone. “From our experience in similar projects, when projects of this scope and size are announced, objections arise from various sides and at all levels: from mayors to ministers and from local to national level” he said and concluded “but what we should have all keeping in mind that the ultimate goal is the protection, benefit and healthy development of the region as a whole. In every change, many sides are affected, some more and others less, positively or negatively, but in the end and in the long run, the aim is to benefit everyone”.
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