By all means, their inhabitants leave the big urban centers for a few days in the villages
The last wave of fleeing from the large urban centers is ongoing, with the traffic on ports and highways increasing.
Tails that exceeded 17 km formed on the Athens -Corinth Highway, from Daphni to Elefsina Tolls, while the image on the Athens -Lamia Highway is better. From 6:00 am on Good Friday until 2:00 noon, 34,700 vehicles had passed through the Elefsina tolls, while 28,585 vehicles had passed through the Aphidnes toll on the Athens -Lamia Highway. Yesterday, Thursday, over 127,000 vehicles passed through the tolls of both highways.
Increased traffic in the tolls of Malgars in Thessaloniki, as the Easter exit of the excursions and the big city of Macedonia culminates. Indeed, at about 10:00 am police officers raised the bars, as a large traffic jam was created at the site, making it free to pass through the toll for about 10 minutes. The same was done by the toll officers four times in order to decompose the situation. But the flow of vehicles is also great at the entry current to Thessaloniki. From Good Monday until yesterday around 16,000 vehicles passed the exit, with 15,000 cars entering Thessaloniki.
On Good morning on Good Friday, all the traffic power to facilitate traffic on the roads is expected to depart from urban centers today, most Easter excursions are expected to depart from urban centers. Patrols, motorcycles and conventional vehicles, with similar staff and equipment, are on increased operational readiness to effectively policing the country’s road network and for the implementation of increased measures, which are in force with the aim of safely moving citizens and preventing and preventing traffic accidents. It is recalled that it is still forbidden to move more than 3.5 tonnes to the highway exit current from 06:00 in the morning to 16:00 in the afternoon.
Full of ships are leaving
The tails endless to check tickets in the port of Piraeus, with the boats leaving full. According to data from the Port Authority, now about 16,000 – 17,000 passengers depart from the port of Piraeus, from the port of Rafina about 10,000 passengers and about 3,000 passengers respectively from the port of Lavrion.
Today, on Saturday and Sunday the routes will be scarce and after the port will be on foot for a return from Easter Monday and Tuesday, all over the world that has left, estimated at 50,000–60,000 passengers.
Extraordinary routes to KTEL
One behind the other is departing the KTEL buses in Kifissos, full of people, who, after waiting in the first tail to load suitcases, personal belongings and gifts, in the second tail with the ticket in their hand to board. According to the data, the traffic at Kifissos and Liossia is 20% increased compared to last year.
There are currently 200 regular routes and 160 extraordinary routes planned and more may be added to serve the increased needs of the passenger public. The most popular destinations are Aitoloakarnania, Messinia, Achaia, Argolida and Thessaloniki.
