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CITY LIFE
![Extensive construction work is under way in the broader Faliro Bay area on the southern coast of Athens. [Nikos Halkiopoulos/InTime News]](https://www.ekathimerini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/faliro_roadworks_-_intime-320x200.jpg)
As preventive measures against Covid-19 kept many streets in the Greek capital free of traffic, the local government in Attica seized the opportunity to invest in improving the region’s road safety infrastructure.
Plans to construct a new coastal bicycle lane linking the southern Athens suburbs of Neo Faliro to Voula were announced Thursday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will address an event in southern Athens on Thursday evening on a plan to unify the coastal zone from the Peace and Friendship Stadium in Piraeus to Sounio, the southernmost tip of the Attic peninsula.
The refurbished Fix park in the Patissia district of Athens was delivered to the public on Wednesday. More than 4,500 Mediterranean-type plants have been planted across the 7,500-square meter park, giving the area a much needed injection of greenery.
![Τhe Former Public Tobacco Factory – Hellenic Parliament Library and Printing House, which have been renovated by the Neon organization. [Natalia Tsoukala/Courtesy Hellenic Parliament & Neon]](https://www.ekathimerini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tsoukala-320x200.jpg)
It is located at 218 Lenorman Street and has been a city landmark since its construction between 1928 and 1930.
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The volume of traffic in downtown Athens has not only returned to 2019 levels but has also exceeded them by more than 50% in some parts of the Greek capital during the morning rush hour, a report published on Tuesday by the Attica Regional Authority has shown.
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A group of 19 residents of the Athens suburb of New Smyrni have resorted to the Council of State to demand the abolition of an amusement park for pet dogs built by local authorities.
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Greece’s organized beaches and beach clubs will be reopening to the public on May 15, a government official announced on Friday.
The Municipality of Athens is close to completing the revamp of part of the capital’s commercial center and pedestrian zones which had been envisaged years ago but was never implemented.
Motorists in downtown Athens will not be able to park on the street for free starting Monday unless they have a special resident’s permit, the municipal authority reminded over the weekend.
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni (right), Attica Regional Governor Giorgos Patoulis (center) and Deputy Development Minister Yiannis Tsakiris (left) look at photographs and plans during a visit to the Athens Conservatory worksite, on Thursday.
Following the reopening of retail stores on Monday, the City of Athens will be charging for non-resident parking spaces on the street in the downtown area as of next week, the municipal authority was reported as announcing on Tuesday.
The cabinet has given the go-ahead to a plan that will introduce car sharing and carpooling in Greece to help mitigate heavy traffic conditions and cut emissions.
A drone image made available Thursday shows a new pocket park in the central Athens neighborhood of Pangrati.
Attica Regional Governor Giorgos Patoulis visited the Faliro Bay worksite in southern Athens yesterday to inspect progress on what is one of the capital’s biggest infrastructure projects in more than a decade, describing it as ‘emblematic.’
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