can anyone post some informations about the highway ..
some pics and when its finished date is?

my greater interest is the west part

THESSALONIKI -IGOUMENITSA


TX for some infos.

During year 2006 and in the beginning 2007 another 27 km of new motorway, have been scheduled, to be opened to traffic.

SECTIONS km
Ioannina I/C-Drosohori 10 km
Grevena Bypass 7 km
Grevena Western I/C-Venetikos I/C 6 km
Polimilos Interchange Area 4 km
TOTAL 27 km

Another 165 km are currently under construction and will be gradually opened to traffic in the context of CSF III.
PREFECTURE SECTIONS km
EPIRUS Neohori-Åleftherohori 9
Ôiria-Ioannina (section) 3
Drosohori-Aracthos 10
Arachthos Bridge 1
Arachthos-Peristeri 10
Metsovo-Panagia 15
WESTERN MACEDONIA Panagia-Grevena 31
CENTRAL MACEDONIA M. Volvi-Rentina I/C 14
EASTERN MACEDONIA & THRACE Strymonas-Agios Andreas (inland alignment) 41
Chrisoupoli-Vaniano 17
Mesti-Makri (upgrading) 14
TOTAL 165

These motorway sections are being constructed under 19 contracts budgeted at € 2098 M (inclusive of VAT)
In addition, works are being constructed on the Vertical Axes and the Cross Border Linkage under 9 contracts budgeted at € 571 M. These works are being carried out on the vertical axes "Siatista - Kristalopigi", "Thessaloniki - Serres - Promahonas", "Thessaloniki - Moudania", "Ardanio - Ormenio".
In parallel, it is being constructed the last important section which completes Egnatia Motorway in Epirus. It involves the construction of the second carriageway on a section 7 km long, from Anilio Tunnel Exit to Malakasi B, which also includes the eastbound carriageway of Metsovo Tunnel.

Many Thanks re Fantasma... :thumbsup:

Bravo re fantasma verry nice and informatic..

i wish they finish the works until this years summer then iwe can drive better from igumenitsa to saloniki...

thanks again :applause:

A quite irrelevant question.. Is the road from Ioannina to trikala completed? I mean the katara part.

Not sure but as ia have heard the part from Igoumenitsa to Trikala will be completed by the midst or end of 2008..we must be a little more patient..my village is near Trikala and last year i tried to go to Jannina for joy and it took us more than 2 hours..the last 50 km from Metsovo to Jannina maybe is the worst national road all over Europe.

maybe not all over Europe...but for shure a bad one...
But you are right this is the part which is to be finished yet....
truelly a difficould part..because of the mountains...
But when its finished it will be great for shure...
i mean Thessaloniki Ioannina will be nothing to go..if you know what i mean...

1 year left and KATARA will be history :-))

infos: http://www.egnatia.gr/page/default.asp?id=5&la=1

I really really hope so because this katara road..Is a definitely a curse...

Ps.Faking flu..

As i ve read a fiew days ago the road should be finished in late 2008 but..works are progressing but still earlier estimation is that the project will be fulfilled by 2010
http://www.makthes.gr/index.php?name=News&...rticle&sid=7840

thanks for the news- my opinion is that greece must get ready for 2012 after then greece will be on a higher level ...highways, salonikas metro etc..

1month ago a travelled the road to Preveza via katara...they made alot progress..of corse its not pinuts...because of the mountains to finishe quickly the Egnatia highway

anyway returning back to Thessaloniki...i took the road via Grevena...from milia to Thessaloniki it was a plessure to travel i can say...finishing theEgnatia will be amazing