The New National Road as it passes Heraklion will one day lose the famed traffic signals that cause severe reduction in average traffic speeds on the major artery. (The traffic signals at Rethymno are already a memory, though the overpass for the main road is not yet complete and diversions are still in play)
The new bridge from the traffic signal junction – which is the turn for both Heraklion town centre and for Knossos – is complete. Next stage will be the addition of feeder roads, though progress in this area is moving slowly. The traffic signals are still there, but this is a big step towards realizing a continuous stretch of road from Kissamos in the west to Agios Nikolaos that will be free flowing and closer to being worthy of the name “New National Road”!
On the electricity front, the new power station at Atherinolakos by the coast in south-east Crete is complete. Testing and final commissioning is under way and the power station should be pouring power into the system on a regular basis in the next few months.
