Municipality of Athens: Intensity with inhabitants of the Exarchies in the City Council

Intensity was created on Wednesday night (27/03/2024) during it at City Hall. When the time has come to discuss within the Daily Order the approval of the House for the non-authorisation of shared space for the year 2024 in health care stores, operating on Themistocleous, Stournaris and Sp. Trikoupis Streets, due to the works of line 4 of the metro and the Station in Exarchia, with the exemption of reimbursement fees, residents of the Ministries entered the hall. The reason was given to their representative, who briefly developed the disagreements of the inhabitants, the impact on the neighborhood, but also the serious risks that arise, but when Eleni Papadopoulou took the floor to develop the positions of her group, there were strong reactions in the hall by the residents, with voices and interventions. The procedure was interrupted several times, at some point the vote went on, but the tension continued, at such a point that Kostas Papadakis requested that this issue be postponed to be reviewed, which the Bureau did not accept, after the vote had already been made. Finally, the intervention of Mayor Harry Duke, who tried to explain to the residents what was discussed today and what is the general problem, stressing that he shares their concerns, hears their positions, but there are contracts signed by the previous municipal authority, with sanctions if they are not respected and that on the part of his own municipal authority an effort is made every time to find the best solution possible.