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A New Green Athens Riviera: The €370 Million AENAON Park

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Greece is moving ahead with the €370 million AENAON Metropolitan Park at Faliro Bay, covering 741 hectares of the coastal area.
  • Construction is expected to begin in early 2027 and finish in the second half of 2029, creating space for greenery, recreation, sports and culture.
  • Officials said the project overcame delays and bureaucratic obstacles, with European funding secured and annual maintenance guarantees of €6 million.

A €370 million project is set to transform a long-neglected section of Athens’ coastal front into the AENAON Metropolitan Park, a vast public space for greenery, recreation, sport and culture. The park will cover 741 hectares at Faliro Bay and include 4,032 trees.

a decades-long pending matter

· Kyriakos MitsotakisThe Greek prime minister described what the contract signing resolved for the long-delayed coastal site.

Work is expected to start in early 2027 and finish in the second half of 2029. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the project as the result of close cooperation between the government and the Attica region, and said the contract closed “a decades-long pending matter” by returning unused land to the public.

The project secured €370 million in European funding after delays and bureaucratic obstacles. Attica Governor Nikos Hardalias said 11 studies and 19 permits were completed within 21 to 22 months, allowing the project to pass the required national and European procedures. He also pointed to state guarantees of €6 million a year for future maintenance and sustainability.

the government and the region managed, with great effort and hard work, to bring the project to this stage

· Kyriakos MitsotakisMitsotakis acknowledged the cooperation and effort behind advancing the project.

Hardalias called the signing day “a very big day for Attica” and said the plan had remained on paper for six decades. He described AENAON as a “green multiplier” for the wider metropolitan area, reconnecting the city with the sea while supporting quality of life and employment.

a very big day for Attica

· Nikos HardaliasThe Attica governor characterized the contract-signing day.

Mitsotakis called the park an “unbroken lung of progress” and a “catalyst for lasting development” along the coast. The project forms part of wider development plans for major national projects, alongside the investment at Ellinikon and the transfer of Tae Kwon Do to the region. Hardalias said there were moments when the project appeared close to collapse, but the regional authority chose to take responsibility and find solutions rather than cite obstacles and delays.

There were moments when we wondered whether we would get this far. Moments when the project was truly on the edge.

· Nikos HardaliasHardalias described the project’s delays and uncertainty.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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