Την γέφυρα του Μάκρωνα στα Κύθηρα πέρασε το όχημα της εταιρείας «Μάκρας». Σε ανάρτησή του στο facebook ο Μιχάλης Πρωτοψάλτης έγραψε:
«Το πρώτο όχημα πέρασε σήμερα, η αρχή έγινε, πολύ σύντομα θα περνάμε όλοι πάνω από την γέφυρα».
Ιστορικό του έργου
The the Makrona bridge project accompanied by interventions such as parallel road works was already launched in 2011, under the administration of Curly. There was even a lot of talk about the original cost, ...which was close to the EUR 2 million, when in 2011 - 2012, in a deeply recessionary period for the Greek economy, the Kythera Municipal Council essentially rejected the execution of the project, considering it expensive and not a top priority. The decision at the 1st meeting of the 2012 Municipal Council stated the following: «We consider that the above project is necessary, but its cost is disproportionately high in relation to its priority and usefulness...».
Under the administration of Harhalakis in the Municipality and Douros in the Region, the project was put back on the «rails» and finally in April 2019, after its updating and maturation, the appropriations were approved. Then the project was put out to tender, the contractor was selected after a tender, later the contractor resigned and the execution of the project was passed to the next lowest bidder in the tender. The project started but on October 14, 2020 a team of the Forestry Department interrupted vegetation clearing work from the project site as he had not been informed of the work in question and there was no approval-permit on file to carry out the subject work.
It is noted that the project had a deadline of 18 July 2021. On 4 January 2021 the contract was approved. renewal-modification of the project's AEPO, as the old AEPO had expired. Among other things, according to the legislation and the approval of the Forestry Department, an area of 12,747.60 sq.m. had to be reforested in another area, Myrtidia was selected (the project is in a forest area and therefore the relevant approval decision was taken by the Property Committee in May 2021). Due to delays and bureaucracy the Economic Committee of the Region, on 11 May 2021 approved an extension of the project by one hundred and seventy-seven days, i.e. until 17.12.2021.
The reforestation study was approved on 19 July 2021. The necessary traffic study of the Makrona bypass was submitted by the Municipality to the decentralised administration on 9 July 2021. On September 20, 2021 the protocol for the installation of the contractor in a forest area was signed and one day later the financial committee of the Region approved an additional expenditure of EUR 24.640,78 excluding VAT for the project for the benefit of the contractor due to the work stoppage for the period from 28.10.2020 to 4.2.2021 (for the stoppage imposed by the Forestry Department).
Τόσο οι καθυστερήσεις της γραφειοκρατίας, όσο και η συμβατότητα του έργου με όσα επιτάσσει η νομοθεσία οδήγησαν την Περιφέρεια σε νέες παρατάσεις. Βρισκόμαστε πλέον στον Φλεβάρη του 2024 και το έργο βαίνει προς ολοκλήρωση. Πάλι καλά!
