Mendoni criticizes Doukas Over Vasilissis Olgas: “He claims pride in a project he opposed”

“The Mayor not lone refused but actively fought the task connected Vasilissis Olgas,” stated Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni pursuing journalists’ questions to the ministry regarding remarks made by the Mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, astir the redevelopment of the road.

In caller days, the Mayor of Athens had described the task arsenic peculiarly important for the city, noting χαρακτηριστικά that “this roadworthy has been done a lot. It has been closed since 2020. It is simply a task of large significance—a tiny roadworthy with large value.”

Lina Mendoni, for her part, responded that “today Haris Doukas not lone accepts and admires the road, which completes the unification of Athens’ archaeological sites, but besides adopts it arsenic his own, forgetting that the implementing assemblage of the project, Anaplasi S.A., has—since 2024—been nether the supervision of 5 Ministries, including the Ministry of Culture.”

In detail, the Minister of Culture’s connection regarding Haris Doukas and Vasilissis Olgas reads: “It is peculiarly noteworthy that the Mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, declares himself arrogant and pleased with the completion of the Vasilissis Olgas roadworthy project. A task which the Mayor not lone refused but actively opposed, arsenic it ran antagonistic to his pre-election imaginativeness for Athens. I americium pleased, due to the fact that contiguous Haris Doukas not lone accepts and admires the road—which completes the unification of Athens’ archaeological sites—but besides adopts it arsenic his own, forgetting that the implementing assemblage of the project, Anaplasi S.A., has—since 2024—been nether the supervision of 5 Ministries, including the Ministry of Culture.

The readying of the task began successful the 1990s. Its implementation was among the priorities of Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis. At the time, the Ministry of Culture collaborated with the Municipality of Athens, arsenic the redesign of Vasilissis Olgas highlights large archaeological and humanities sites of the city. The works carried retired for the redevelopment of the roadworthy brought to airy precise important antiquities, which complement the representation of Athens during its modulation from classical antiquity to the Roman period. Their promotion makes Athens’ ‘multi-modal road’ 1 of the astir invaluable landmarks successful the capital’s agelong humanities continuity.”