Important increases in traffic volumes of Egnatia motorway during summer 2009
The construction works of the Egnatia motorway are completed and it's now fully open to traffic. Comparing the traffic volume counts carried out during the period August -September of 2008 & 2009 there is a clear result in terms of daily average traffic volume increase. This traffic volume increase is more intense at the western sections of the motorway (from 27% up to 105% between the West Siatista IC to Selles IC), since critical sections such as the Grevena-Panagia part in the regions of Epirus and West Macedonia were delivered to traffic in the first semester of 2009. Actually, the bigger percentage increase is observed at the motorway's sections between the cities of Metsovo and Ioannina in Epirus region.
Daily average traffic volume at selected sections of the Egnatia motorway (august - September 2008 & 2009)
Section
(from west to east) |
August |
September |
2008 |
2009 |
Change 2008-2009 % |
2008 |
2009 |
Change
2008-2009 % |
Selles IC (Tyria) - Dodoni IC |
7.900 |
12.300 |
55,7% |
5.500 |
7.100 |
29,1% |
Ioannina IC - Pamvotitha IC |
6.700 |
13.300 |
98,5% |
4.200 |
8.600 |
104,8% |
Venetikio IC - East Grevena IC |
6.500 |
9.700 |
49,2% |
4.000 |
6.600 |
65,0% |
East Grevena IC -West Siatista IC |
8.900 |
12.600 |
41,6% |
6.800 |
8.600 |
26,5% |
Kozani IC- Polymylos IC |
15.200 |
18.300 |
20,4% |
12.700 |
15.000 |
18,1% |
Polymylos IC - Veria IC |
16.800 |
19.900 |
18,4% |
14.100 |
16.400 |
16,3% |
Rentina IC - Asprovalta IC |
21.000 |
23.700 |
12,9% |
14.600 |
16.900 |
15,7% |
Agios Syllas IC - Aspri Ammos IC (Kavala city) |
15.200 |
17.200 |
13,2% |
12.900 |
14.100 |
9,3% |
Iasmos IC - West Komotinni IC |
10.200 |
12.300 |
20,5% |
9.100 |
11.100 |
22,0% |
Alexandroupoli IC - Alexandroupoli Industrial Area IC |
7.300 |
8.300 |
13,7% |
5.400 |
6.100 |
13,0% |
Source: Dpt. Of Traffic, Division of Operation, EGNATIA ODOS S.A. (Nov. 2009) |
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