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Leros Receives Nearly €6m for Roads, Water, Lighting and Playgrounds

The Ministry of Immigration and Asylum approved funding of a total amount of 5,961,270 euros to The Municipality of Leros for the implementation of important infrastructure projects and the upgrading of municipal services, effectively strengthening the development path of the island.

Municipal infrastructure works planned across Leros

The Ministry of Immigration and Asylum approved funding of a total amount of 5,961,270 euros to The Municipality of Leros for the implementation of important infrastructure projects and the upgrading of municipal services, effectively strengthening the development path of the island.

The funding concerns the following projects:

• Improvement of the road network of The Municipality of Leros, budget 2,457,000 euros.

• Supply and installation of equipment to upgrade the playgrounds, budget 655,200 euros.

• Supply of seven (7) houses with autonomous drinking water production and distribution systems, budget 290,340 euros.

• Supply and installation of lighting masts and autonomous solar lights, budget 2,507,310 euros.

• Supply of a light type 4×4 truck for the needs of the Water Supply Department of The Municipality of Leros, budget 51,420 euros.

This significant funding practically confirms the continuous support of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum to Leros, as well as the cordial cooperation with the municipal authority. At the same time, it creates the necessary conditions for the implementation of essential interventions that will contribute to the improvement of citizens' everyday life, to the strengthening of the basic infrastructure of the island and to the upgrading of the provided municipal services.


On this important issue, the Mayor of Leros, Timotheus Kottakis, stated the following:

VERY IMPORTANT AND BIG DAY FOR OUR ISLAND

This fact is due to the Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Mr. THANOS PLEURI, with whom our relationship from the first moment was a relationship of mutual understanding.

A big THANK YOU on my behalf and on behalf of the entire society of Leros to PANAXIOUS and INTEGRITY Thanos Pleuris, who leads the most sensitive Ministry of our Homeland.

With today's funding, HUGE problems will be solved in infrastructure and in the daily life of all citizens.

MINISTER,

GOD BE WITH YOU

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