Seafront work

[Noggy]

Difficult for me to see from the webcams but does anyone know what's happening to the seafront? Some type of building work?

[Barny]

Looks very different, any ideas?
Barny.

[shinaria]

Copy and paste: "Installation of new and bigger waterpipes.....Due to more and more buildings and more and more tourism more water is needed....A new pipe is brought from Kourtalioti gorge via the irrigation chanel road to supply Plakias with more water."

[Noggy]

That makes sense, thanks. Hope they put in bigger sewage pipes as well.

[JBMouse]

If anyone wants to see the works nearing competion, check out this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJfjFmSm6pk
Zameer Pactyan must live on Crete and has posted a large number of videos from all ove Crete with several of them from Plakias. Watch the whole video or fast forward to 21 minutes when he is just driving down the hill into Plakias from Lefkogia. If my link doesnt pass through scrutiny, just do a search for Zameer Pactyan. Nikos at On The Rocks (Nikos Plakias Ontherocks is his Facebook page) has also posted some videos of the new tarmac being laid outside his place, note the PPE being worn by all (not)!
Hopefully my health will improve and I can make it back to Plakias again soon, been missing it these last 3 years, and after 20 years of going there it has been been difficult being away for so long.

[Davos]

Do you think the work will be completed for the summer? I return in June.

[DandC]

Interesting to see Plakias in the off-season! Lot of work going on, that's for sure. Thanks for posting.
Hope it's tidied up by Jun 23rd !

[DandC]

Some detail from the TripAdvisor thread https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g319776-i11116-k14353405-Plakias_2023_roadworks-Plakias_Agios_Vasileios_Municipality_Rethymnon_Prefecture_Crete.html#117240838.

Interesting to hear of the plans for pedestrianisation and ringroad by next year.

For those that are interested this is what is being done to improve Plakias:

The major bioclimatic regeneration project concerning the tourist zone of Plakias is in full progress, which is progressing rapidly by the contractor and the continuous supervision of the municipality of Agios Vasilios.This is an intervention with a total length of 900 meters in the heart of the tourist settlement, designed to upgrade aesthetically and functionally the area of the south that attracts many visitors every summer.According to the mayor of Agios Vasilios, the sidewalks on the side of commercial enterprises and shops of sanitary interest from the entrance of Plakias to the bridge have already been completed, while now works are progressing on the sea side with the construction of sidewalks and bicycle paths. According to the schedule, as Mr. Tatarakis told the "R.N.", the works will be suspended on May 15-20 in order to avoid any disturbance during the tourist season. By then, as he underlined, the first part of the project will have been completed from the entrance of Plakias (Alianhtos Hotel up to the bridge) on both sides and there will be no dugouts, while until then, as he added, a piece will be worked on after the bridge and up to the junction for Souda on the sea side. At the same time, as he said, the project for the underground cables of HEDNO by May 20 will be completed at a rate of 75-80%, while the pending issues for autumn, when the project will restart, concern four closed-type transformers while the engraved asphalt will be pending. However, as the mayor pointed out, the project that will restart in mid-October will be completed and delivered on December 10, since as he said it is an NSRF project and there is no room for extensions." The works are in full swing and according to our schedule, they will continue until May 15-20.By then, all the ditches of HEDNO will have been restored, which will have completed most of the planned works (75-80%). I would like to thank very much HEDNO and its contractor Mr Papoutsakis for the progress of the works, which are progressing very quickly. Also, by then (mid-May) the sidewalks, bicycle paths and lighting fixtures will have been installed on the section from the entrance of Plakias to the bridge, While the contractor is proceeding at this time and after the bridge a piece on the sea side. On the sea side there will be sidewalks, planting, bicycle path, pedestrian path. All work stops around May 15-20 and will restart on October 15 to complete the project and deliver it later than December 10. Let us remind you that a flood protection project that is included in the bioclimatic regeneration has been completed", said Yiannis Tatarakis, pointing out that this project will transform the area by upgrading it aesthetically and functionally. He also added that the goal is for Plakias to be pedestrianized in the next tourist season, as then, as he said, the ring road will be completed while the municipality will have at its disposal two municipal parking spaces and a private one.

[Daniel]

He also added that the goal is for Plakias to be pedestrianized in the next tourist season, as then, as he said, the ring road will be completed while the municipality will have at its disposal two municipal parking spaces and a private one.


Is there a map/route plan for the Plakias by pass ?
Would be most interesting to see  how and how much of the town is planned to be pedestrianized .

[kokkinos vrachos]

Kalispera, the new promenade is not really successful. It consists of 3 parts: Pedestrian, green strip, cycle path.

The pedestrian area is far too narrow for two people to walk side by side.

The cycle lane is superfluous - nobody cycles in Plakias.

However, the continuous lighting in the brickwork is nice.

Work on the promenade in the western part, near the harbour, started right on time on 1 November.

The road to Souda is also closed. Construction work is taking place on the bend here.

Best regards from Hamburg, kv

[kokkinos vrachos]

Kalimera, the new "beach promenade" from Kyma to Taverna Sirocco is as good as finished. Workers are still on site every day (even on Sundays).

A beautiful wooden path leads around the glass buildings of the tavernas/caf?s in the "food mile".

The entire street has also been renovated. The tarmac has been removed and replaced with bricks.

Best regards from Souda/Plakias, kv

[kokkinos vrachos]

Kalimera, current newspaper article with photos about the new beach promenade in Plakias: https://rethnea.gr/nea-opsi-apokta-to-paraliako-metopo-plakia/

in this video you can see the new wooden path around the "food mile" right at the beginning and at the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_674DMtmGbc

Best regards from Souda/Plakias, kv

[kokkinos vrachos]

Video of the new beach promenade in Plakias, May 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fZ2dQXWzyY

Best regards from Hamburg, kv.

[DandC]

kv - nice video 

Looking forward to our annual Plakias visit soon - end of June!!