The Aktio–Preveza Undersea Tunnel is an undersea road tunnel across the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf in western Greece . It links Epirus and the city of Preveza on the north shore of the gulf with the cape of Aktio (Actium) in Aetolia-Acarnania , in Central Greece . Completed in 2002, the tunnel is an important piece of infrastructure in an underdeveloped region, and greatly shortens the travel distance between the two sides of the gulf, which had been only possible by ferry. It is the only undersea tunnel in Greece.
11-433: The tunnel has a total length of 1570 metres and consists of: The tunnel has a cross-section height of 8.6 metres and width 12.6 meters. The clearance width is 10.6 metres and clearance height is 5.4 metres. The tunnel is a dual way carriage way and includes a 4.0 metre-wide side lane and a 1.3 metre wide pedestrian sidewalk in each direction. Construction of the tunnel was a joint venture between Christiani & Nielsen and
22-463: A result, the tunnel contains a number of advanced features, such as stone columns underneath the tunnel to help it withstand soil liquefaction during an earthquake. The total construction cost was approximately 90 million euros . The current toll is 3 euros. Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works (Redirected from Minister for
33-756: Is a Greek politician. He is a member of the New Democracy political party and was Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works for the duration of the Karamanlis administration. Born in Farsala , Larissa regional unit to a family of Sarakatsani , he graduated in civil engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and he successfully exercised the profession in Larisa from 1966 to 1974. In each election from 1974 to 1996, he
44-685: The Athens-based Technical Company of General Construction (TCGC). The architects of the tunnel were the Copenhagen-based Comar Engineers A/S, and Doxiadis & Zannis of Athens. The contracts was awarded in 1995, and construction was turned over to the Greek Ministry of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works in 1999. The tunnel was completed in 2002. The tunnel is built in an area of severe seismic activity featuring complex geo-technical conditions. As
55-679: The Environment, Energy and Climate Change) Official Website (in Greek) (Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_the_Environment,_Urban_Planning_and_Public_Works&oldid=1253116340 " Categories : Defunct government ministries of Greece Lists of government ministers of Greece Defunct environmental agencies Spatial planning ministries Hidden category: Articles containing Greek-language text Georgios Souflias Georgios Ath. Souflias ( Greek : Γεώργιος Σουφλιάς ) (born July 7, 1941)
66-521: The Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works ) The Ministry of the Environment, Urban Planning and Public Works of Greece ( Greek : Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος, Χωροταξίας και Δημοσίων Έργων , commonly abbreviated as ΥΠΕΧΩΔΕ). Following the electoral victory of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement on 4 October 2009, the ministry was split up into a Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Change , while its Public Works sector
77-482: The party in its opposition to a government policy. He did not run in the 2000 parliamentary election . On the first day of the party's 5th Congress, March 30, 2001, Karamanlis publicly invited Souflias to return to the party, describing the decision to expel him as "painful" and saying that it was made at a "politically charged time". Souflias returned on the last day of the congress, April 1. Souflias subsequently became policy planning director of New Democracy while it
88-407: Was also Minister for Tourism from April 1990 to May 1990, and from January 1991 to October 1993 he was Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs . He was a candidate for the presidency of New Democracy in 1997, but the presidency was won by Kostas Karamanlis . On February 4, 1998, he was expelled from the party, along with two other members of parliament, for failing to vote along with
99-559: Was elected as a member of the Greek Parliament from Larissa. He was Deputy Minister for Interior Affairs from November 1977 to May 1980 and Deputy Minister for Coordination from May 1980 to September 1981. From July 1989 to October 1989, was Minister for the National Economy, and from November 1989 to February 1990, he was Minister for Finance. He served as Minister for the National Economy again from April 1990 to October 1990; he
110-464: Was in opposition. He was injured, along with his wife, in a car crash on November 29, 2003, and two of his ribs were broken. He was released from the hospital on December 24. He was elected in the 2004 parliamentary election as a deputy at large for New Democracy. Following this election he became Minister for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works in the government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis on March 10, 2004. In May 1993, he
121-1276: Was merged with the Ministry for Transport and Communications to form the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks . List of ministers [ edit ] # Name Took office Left office Party 1 Stefanos Manos 14 March 1980 10 May 1980 New Democracy 2 Tzannis Tzannetakis 10 May 1980 21 October 1981 New Democracy 3 Athanasios Apostolos 21 October 1981 5 October 1984 Panhellenic Socialist Movement 4 Akis Tsochatzopoulos Panhellenic Socialist Movement 5 Stefanos Manos 11 April 1990 7 August 1991 New Democracy 6 Achilleas Karamanlis 7 August 1991 12 October 1993 New Democracy 7 Kostas Laliotis 25 October 1993 23 October 2001 Panhellenic Socialist Movement 8 Vasso Papandreou 24 October 2001 10 March 2004 Panhellenic Socialist Movement 9 Georgios Souflias 10 March 2004 7 October 2009 New Democracy External links [ edit ] Official Website (in English) (Ministry for
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