With hundreds of drivers struggling since Saturday morning on the highway from Athens to Corinth after the highway accident involving the overturning and explosion of a tanker on the highway floor of the Nationwide Freeway that resulted in in depth injury to a flyover, questions are mounting concerning the haste proven by the authorities authorities for the demolition of the bridge in query, a course of that has began since 5 am on Saturday.
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📣 Lengthy delays resulting from visitors congestion from #Eleusis to #Corinth in Olympia Odos
👉🏻 Delay your departure – Comply with the directions of the Authorities@pyrosvestiki @hellenicpolice
— 112 Greece (@112Greece) June 8, 2024
Engineers reportedly insist that this haste raises many questions, reminiscent of when was the required post-mortem performed, when have been correct technical conclusions drawn concerning the extent of harm to the bridge, when and why was the choice made to demolish it?
The query simply arises once more whether or not we’re as soon as once more coping with an illustration of dedication and “readiness” after the actual fact as with the fires and floods…
And even worse, with practices just like the post-crime spree in Tempe.
There’s proof on the web site that proves what occurred and we’re being led down the federal government’s path of demolitions and the elimination of “rubble”.
As for the readiness of the state equipment, it was once more proven to be weak and delayed, because the message from 112 got here at midday on Saturday when hundreds of drivers have been already on the highway and there was struggling in queues for kilometers. At a time when hundreds of voters are transferring to go to the place the place they vote.
It’s recalled that the whole lot began on Friday night time, after an accident with a tanker whose driver misplaced management, inflicting the car to overturn on the highway and catch fireplace after an explosion, luckily with out casualties. The hearth, nonetheless, induced critical injury to a flyover of the Nationwide Street, with the end result that from 5 am on Saturday, demolition work was carried out, which is able to final till Wednesday, as estimated.
Emergency preparations by the Visitors Police
The visitors police additionally advises the voters, whose exit is regular, to depart somewhat later to their locations and the drivers transferring within the stream of detours to indicate warning as the 2 streams of visitors are separated by cones.
“Residents are requested to keep away from extra inconvenience from 11:00 to fifteen:00 right this moment, the motion to and from the Isthmus of #Corinth resulting from works on a bridge close to the Isthmus, following the overturning of the tanker and the incidence of a hearth on the web site “, says the Greek Police in its publish.
⚠️Residents are requested to keep away from extra inconvenience from 11:00 a.m. to three:00 p.m. right this moment, touring to and from the Isthmus of #Corinth resulting from work on a bridge close to the Isthmus, after the tanker overturned and a fireplace broke out on the web site.
— Hellenic Police (@hellenicpolice) June 8, 2024
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