Attica regional authorities launch cleaning operation of Kifisos river

[Attica Region]

Attica determination authorities announced connected Wednesday the commencement of a cleaning cognition for the covered sections of the Kifisos River, marking the archetypal specified effort successful galore decades.

The purpose is to region tons of debris and discarded to let stormwater to travel unobstructed.

This cognition is expected to beryllium completed by October 31. The covered sections of the Kifisos River span 8.6 kilometers (out of the full 27 kilometers of the river’s length) and person been a root of important problems implicit clip owed to the chronic accumulation of debris.

“The information of these sections was unsafe and required contiguous action, particularly successful airy of the challenges posed by clime alteration and the expanding frequence of utmost upwind events,” stated the Governor of Attica, Nikos Hardalias.

The full fund for the cleaning task is 1,242,987 euros.