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欧洲投资银行批准4.7亿欧元支持希腊道路安全方案
摘要：欧洲投资银行（EIB）批准4.7亿欧元支持希腊道路安全方案，以减少希腊各地交通事故伤亡人数。在接下来的三年里，希腊公路运营商将改善希腊11个地区7,个危险地点的道路安全，包括在高危路段安装交通障碍物、提供防滑路面和改善警告标识等。项目准备期间，希腊基础设施和运输部与欧洲投资咨询中心的技术专家进行了密切合作。从该项目中汲取的经验将有利于未来EIB在世界各地进行道路投资。
TheEuropeanInvestmentBankhasagreedtosupportaEURmillionnationwideprogrammetoreducedeathandinjurycausedbytrafficaccidentsacrossGreece.
“ImprovingroadsafetyacrossGreeceisanationalpriorityandtheEIBakeypartnertosuccessfulimplementationoftheNationalandRegionalRoadSafetyStrategicPlan.ThenewEURmillionfinancialsupportagreedbetweentheEuropeanInvestmentBankandEgnatiaOdosS.A.willreducetheriskofaccidentsinGreekcities,ruralareas,mountaindistrictsandonGreekislands.TheclosecooperationbetweenGreekandEIBroadexpertsduringpreparationofthisprojectensuresthatitwilltargetthemostdangeroussitesonthenationalroadnetworkandallowsbestpracticefromGreecetostrengthenfutureroadinvestmentbytheEIBaroundtheworld”saidKostasKaramanlis,GreekMinisterofInfrastructureandTransport.
Overthenextthreeyears,nationalroadoperatorEgnatiaOdoswillimproveroadsafetyat7,ofthemostdangeroussites,locatedacross11regionsofGreece.Thesmallscalesafetyschemeswillincludeinstallationoftrafficbarriers,provisionofanti-skidsurfacesandimprovedwarningsignsandmarkingsonroadsidentifiedashigh-risk.
TheProjecthasbenefittedfromEIAHadvisoryservicesatitspreparationphasethroughapreliminaryeconomicanalysisthatderivedtheexpectedsocio-economicbenefitsfromroadaccidentsreductionandprovedtheprojecttobetechnicallyandeconomicallysound.
“ThisnewfinancialandtechnicalpartnershipbetweenEgnatiaOdosS.A.andtheEuropeanInvestmentBankwilltransformroadsafetyacrossGreeceandbenefitroadusersforyearsto