A brief description of the Project
The Attiki Odos is a pioneer project, which was executed by the Concession Contract method and constitutes one of the greatest co-financed road projects in Europe. It belongs to the first generation of co-financed projects awarded in Greece during the ‘90s and it essentially paved the road and laid the foundation for the execution of future successful concession contracts, both in Greece as well as on a European scale.
The Attiki Odos is a modern motorway, extending along 65 km. It constitutes the ring road of the greater metropolitan area of Athens and the backbone of the road network of the entire Attica region. It is an urban-periurban motorway, with 3 traffic lanes in either direction and an emergency lane. In the centre, it has a special traffic island, reserved for the operation of the suburban railway. It constitutes a unique infrastructure project, even in European terms, since it is essentially a closed toll motorway, within a metropolitan capital, where the problem of traffic congestion is really acute.
The Attiki Odos forms the link which connects the PATHE road axis (Patra - Athens - Thessaloniki - Evzoni), since it links the Athens - Lamia National Road with the Athens - Corinth National Road, by-passing the centre of Athens. Being a closed motorway, it has full control of its access points and consists of two sections, which are vertical to one another:
- The Elefsina - Stavros - Spata A/P Îœotorway (ESSM), extending along approximately 52 km, and
- The Imittos Western Peripheral Motorway (IWPM), extending along approximately 13 km.
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