Environmental impact report for Asteria Glyfadas approved

Deputy regional finance director Christos Karamanos said the current report is very different from the one invalidated in 2003 by decision of the Council of State, and said there were strict terms and full protection of the forestland and archaeological site in the area.

Objections to the report were voiced by residents and other groups on several grounds, including the fact that illegally built structures of recent decades were not going to be torn down (the hotel was built in 1955 by a group of architects) and that destructive interventions will take place in the natural forest in the area. There were also fears expressed that the investor would close off the beach for his hotel use.

It must be noted that the Attica western beach front, which includes Asteria Glyfadas, known as the “Athenian Riviera” was recently re-assigned to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund, known as TAIPED, as its former managing authority was dissolved a few days ago.