The Ministry of National Economy on the request of the Municipality of Patreon: The undergrounding of the new railway line is an issue for the EU, not Greece – 2024-07-13 19:52:27

Regarding what will happen with the undergrounding of the new railway line, the “Rio-New Port of Patras” section, in terms of financing through the European Mechanism “Connecting Europe 2021-2027”, the general secretary of Public Investments and NSRF answered Ministry of National Economy and Finance Dimitris Skalkos.

It was preceded by intervention, in the Parliament, of the president of the “Hellenic Solution” Kyriakos Velopoulosfor “vague and undefined” project contract regarding the financial coverage of the contract, through an underground line, with the question of whether it is a low priority, which will be excluded from the CEF 2 European Fund.

Dimitris Skalkos

Answering, Mr. Skalkos he mentioned that the financing mechanism to promote developmentthrough targeted infrastructure projects, supports High Performance Networkssustainable and effectively interconnected transport sectors and Greece’s request is judged by external EU evaluators before the CEF approves it, in July.

The “Rio-New Port of Patras” is included in the 6 total proposals of railway projects of Greek interest, approximately €916 million, of which ERGOSE requests €110,107,235.

«The CEF Facility is centrally managed, meaning there is no binding funding allocation. The proposal submitted by Greece is subject to comparative evaluation, under the responsibility of the EU, without our involvement as a member state. The results of the evaluation will be presented and validated at the meeting of the CEF Coordination Committee, which will take place in July” stressed D. Skalkos.

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