Stefanos Gikas: More than €14 million from Recovery Fund allocated to projects in Corfu
CORFU. Corfu Government MP Stefanos Gikas highlights the impact of the Recovery Fund on Corfu, pointing to projects worth nearly €15 million spanning healthcare, schools, culture and Gouvia Marina.
The Deputy Minister of Shipping and Island Policy and Corfu MP Stefanos Gikas has listed projects worth more than €14 million on Corfu, as he takes stock of the Recovery Fund following the completion of “Greece 2.0”.
According to the figures he cites, approximately €5 million was allocated to the complete reconstruction of the Health Centres in Agios Athanasios, Agios Markos and Lefkimmi, €1.4 million to the renovation of wings at Corfu General Hospital, and €500,000 to the construction of seven homes for medical staff.
The Deputy Minister’s list also includes the €4.5 million upgrade of Gouvia Marina, as well as projects worth approximately €3 million for the restoration of the Seven Winds Bastion at the New Fortress and the stabilisation of the rocky slopes at the Old Fortress.
He also adds €500,000 for upgrading school equipment and infrastructure on Corfu.
Based solely on the amounts mentioned in his statement, the total comes to €14.9 million, without taking into account other interventions to which he refers with the phrase “and others”.
Assessment of “Greece 2.0”
Stefanos Gikas describes the Recovery Fund as “the most important development and reform programme” of the past twenty years, putting the total value of Greece’s programme at €36 billion.
Among other achievements, the press release attributes to the programme the creation of approximately 550,000 new jobs, the connection of almost 500,000 cash registers to POS terminals, the implementation of the Digital Work Card, progress in land registration to 99%, as well as interventions at 80 hospitals and 156 Health Centres and the installation of almost 40,000 interactive whiteboards in schools.
“Greece has now turned a new page and has demonstrated that it can set ambitious goals and achieve them,” the Deputy Minister says, noting that following the completion of the Recovery Fund, efforts will continue with 2030 as the target horizon.
Stefanos Gikas’s assessment is of particular local interest, as it adds specific projects and funding amounts to the picture of Recovery Fund investments on Corfu. At the same time, it leaves open the question of the overall assessment: what was the total amount of funding that ultimately reached the island, and which of its major infrastructure problems — water supply first and foremost — were left outside this particular funding period?
GIORGOS KATSAITIS
