Clear Monday: Wherever the three-day excursionists go, they go – 2024-03-18 01:09:39

By all means, the Athenians leave the city for the three days of Clean Monday, with the traffic being increased at the exits of Attica.

According to Attica Traffic data, from 6 am yesterday (15/3) until 6 am today, 95,867 vehicles left Attica. In particular, 53,835 vehicles passed the toll road to Corinth and 42,041 to Lamia.

Due to the increased traffic, both the personnel and the means of the Hellenic Police, mainly the Traffic Police Services, are on standby, while increased measures have been taken throughout the country’s road network.

The measures

The Traffic Police is proceeding with traffic bans on trucks with a maximum permissible weight of more than 3.5 tons.

For the output current, the ban applies today (16/3) from 08:00 to 13:00. For the input current, the ban will apply from Monday (18/3), from 15:00 to 21:00.

Police planning includes:

• policing of the road network by sector, based on the particular traffic conditions of each region,
• increased police presence and enhanced policing of the points of the road network, where there is a frequency of road accidents,
• increased traffic policing measures at the entrances and exits of large urban centers, where heavy vehicle traffic is observed,
• regulation of traffic with pedestrian traffic wardens, at key intersections, to avoid traffic congestion,
• traffic regulations in places where festive events will take place,
• increased traffic measures in places where mass passenger traffic is observed (airports, ports, stations, etc.),
• presence of traffic wardens at the country’s Toll Stations to facilitate traffic, inform and advise drivers and passengers and
• informing the citizens through the Press Offices, in any case where it becomes necessary to inform the public widely about the existence of any traffic and other problems.