Corinth Canal set to open for three months over summer

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced that the Corinth Canal will temporarily open for three months over the summer to accommodate for the increase in maritime traffic.

The premier was speaking after he crossed the 130-year-old canal to explore restoration works that occurred in November 2020 and again in January and February 2021. 

“There has been no substantial intervention at Corinth Canal over the last 130 years,” Mitsotakis said. 

Making a point of saying that it will close again in early October to allow for the second stage of the works.

The canal is set to open in the summer of 2023 for four months before the project’s  completion at the end of the year. 

The Greek government has said that the 32-million-euro restoration project is being carried out in two stages. The first involved the slope relief work and the cleaning of the canal year and the second of work to stabilize the base of the slopes.

Source: Greece Is

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