Firefighting Large-Scale Exercise in the tunnels of Patras Bypass

A Firefighting Large-Scale Exercise will be conducted in the tunnels of Patras Bypass and in particular in “Aghia Varvara” Tunnel during the night of Wednesday, March 15 to Thursday, March 16, 2023.

To ensure the safety of the participants in the Exercise and of the passing drivers, a short night closure to traffic will be implemented on both traffic directions from K1-Patras I/C (k.p. 204+600) to Eglykada I/C (k.p. 212+600) from 21:00 p.m. on Wednesday to 06:00 a.m. at the latest on Thursday.

During the Exercise the traffic will be diverted to the city of Patras as follows:

• In the direction to Pyrgos will be diverted from Patras-K1 to the city of Patras using the following route: Athens-Patras NNR and then Kanelopoulou St., Iroon Politechniou St, Akti Dimeon and Eleftheriou Venizelou St and will re-enter Patras Bypass in the direction to Pyrgos at Eglykada I/C.
• In the direction to Athens, the traffic will be diverted from Eglykada I/C to the city of Patras using the following route: Eleftheriou Venizelou St., Akti Dimeon, Trion Navarchon St., Norman St., Iroon Politechniou St. and Kanelopoulou St., and will re-enter the Athens-Patras NNR in the direction to Athens. 

The scheduled Large-Scale Exercise will be conducted in cooperation with the Fire Brigade and the participation of all stakeholders, the Ministry for Infrastructure & Transport, the Hellenic Police and the EKAV Ambulances.

Olympia Odos would like to thank the drivers for their understanding and invites them to comply with the instructions of the Traffic Police, as well as to be particularly careful when crossing the said area.