Traffic gridlock in northern Athens reaches crisis level

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Traffic congestion successful the Maroussi country adjacent the Kifissias Avenue “ring” has reached captious levels, exacerbated by a dense attraction of bureau buildings, hospitals and malls and expanding development.

Experts warn the situation will worsen. “Wherever you look, there are cranes,” said transportation technologist Konstantinos Zekkos. “I fearfulness today’s traffic will look paradisiacal compared to what’s coming.” Zekkos emphasized lone nationalist transport tin solve the problem, calling the metro “essential.”

Urban planner Theodoros Mavrogeorgis noted that Kifissias has agelong operated astatine “saturation levels” beyond highest hours. Maroussi Mayor Theodoros Abatzoglou warned: “An estimated 35,000 workers participate regular – who bash not unrecorded here. The lone λύση is to prioritize Line 4 of the metro.”

Plans for sustainable mobility besides impulse structural improvements, enforcement of parking laws, and enlargement of wide transit connections. Until then, residents and commuters look regular gridlock. “We’re perpetually chasing the problem,” said Zekkos. “It’s disheartening.”