Hardalias: For the first time in decades, all underground sections of Kifissos are cleaned (photos)

A large-scale cognition to cleanable each the paved sections of the Kifissos River is being launched by the Attica Region, removing tons of debris and waste, truthful that with the afloat merchandise of the cross-section determination volition beryllium an unimpeded travel of stormwater. The cognition is expected to beryllium completed by the extremity of October and is portion of the region’s effort to amended the extortion of citizens from flooding.

The covered parts of the Kifissos River inhabit 8.6 kilometers (out of the full 27 km magnitude of the river), having been a root of important problems astatine times, owed to the chronic accumulation of debris successful them.

It should beryllium noted that the clean-up is being carried retired for the archetypal clip successful galore decades and nether highly hard conditions. The lack of capable ventilation and lighting makes it imperative to usage generators and floodlights and peculiar idiosyncratic protective instrumentality owed to the beingness of an abundance of insects. Also, usage of crawler machines to entree the interior of the pipeline owed to the bourky substrate arsenic good arsenic hydraulic hammers to interruption up ample sections of factual that person fallen from the extortion and broadside walls.

The main problem, however, wrong the closed conception of the pipeline, lies successful the beingness of precocious h2o levels. It is emblematic that during the autopsy carried retired successful aboriginal August, starting from Agia Annis Street (at the tallness of the country of Agios Ioannis Renti), entree became prohibitive aft 2 kilometers, arsenic the h2o level reached 80 centimeters.

As stated by Attica’s determination governor, Nikos Hardalias: “The determination to proceed with the cleaning of the paved sections of the Kifissos River aft respective years of being near without immoderate attraction was not lone necessary, but besides required by the work we carnivore towards the citizens and the environment. The concern successful which these sections were successful was unsafe and required contiguous action, particularly successful presumption of the challenges posed by clime alteration and the expanding frequence of utmost upwind events.

The Region of Attica is committed to continuing to undertake initiatives that support nationalist wellness and the environment. With this operation, we are not lone preventing the hazard of flooding, but we are actively demonstrating our committedness to improving the prime of beingness for the residents of the basin. Modern Attica requires infrastructure that works and ensures the well-being of each of us.”

The task to cleanable the Kifissos riverbed and successful peculiar the paved parts of the stream has a full fund of 1,242,987 euros.

The covered sections of the river, starting from the Faliro bay to the edges of the Penteli and Parnitha upland ranges, see the pursuing sections:

– from the Faliro bay (opposite Poseidon Avenue) to the tallness of the roadworthy Bizanios successful the Municipality of Moschato – Tavros (length 1.5 km),

– from Agia Anna Street successful the Municipality of Nikaia-Agios Ioannis Renti to the junction of Perissou and Pappa Streets successful the Municipality of Nea Filadelfia-Nea Chalkidona (length 7,3 km),

– from the tallness of Odyssea Androutsou Street to the tallness of Lesvos Street successful the Municipality of Nea Philadelphia-Nea Chalkidona (length 0,15 km).

This cognition is portion of a wider readying of the Region of Attica for the upgrading of each important h2o resources and infrastructure of the basin, with the purpose of strengthening flood extortion and ensuring a sustainable aboriginal for each residents, the portion notes.