Technical Visit: Olympia Odos
The visit will take place at the Operation and Maintenance Centre (OMC) in Megara, featuring a tour of the Traffic Management Center (TMC) and key facilities. Participants will explore the motorway’s advanced traffic monitoring, maintenance operations, and incident response systems.
OLYMPIA ODOS
Olympia Odos Motorway is an important national strategic project for the development of the Peloponnese, Western Greece and Epirus. Currently, it has a length of 202 km from Elefsina to Korinthos and then up to Patras. In addition, 75 more kilometers are currently under construction from Patras to Pyrgos and their operation is expected to start within 2025.
The section under operation today, includes 29 interchanges, 38 overpasses and 204 underpasses, 80 bridges and 29 branches of tunnel per direction of 25,6 kilometers length. It also includes 5 Mainline Toll Plazas and 9 pairs of Ramp Toll Plazas. Since end of 2020, 15 pairs of hybrid toll system gantries were set in operation in order to apply kilometric charges for Olympia Pass subscribers. The first section of the motorway “Elefsina – Korinthos” has 3 lanes per direction and an emergency lane and an average annual daily traffic (AADT) of 25.000 vehicles per direction, while the next two sections “Korinthos – Patra” and “Patra by Pass” have 2 lanes per direction and an emergency lane with an AADT of approximately 9.000 vehicles per direction.
OLYMPIA ODOS SA was established in 2008 and is responsible for the design, construction, financing, maintenance and operation of the motorway over a period of thirty (30) years. The companies participating in the société anonyme are extremely experienced in designing and implementing similar large-scale projects in Greece and around the world and include: VINCI CONCESSIONS S.A.S. 36,03% – ΑVΑΧ CONCESSIONS SINGLE MEMBER S.A. 23,01% – AKTOR CONCESSIONS 20,48% – GEK TERNA S.A. 20,48%.
OLYMPIA ODOS OPERATION S.A. is the company that has undertaken the operation and routine maintenance of the motorway within the context of an agreement entered into with the Concession Company OLYMPIA ODOS S.A. The shareholders of the company are the same with those participating in OLYMPIA ODOS S.A.
Τhe Technical Visit will take place at the main installations of the Operation and Maintenance Centre (OMC), which are located in the area of Ano Vlychada, Megara Municipality, on the 32nd km of the Athens- Korinthos NNR at the north service road. Apart from the central administrative services of the Operation company, the OMC houses: Οne of four technical bases, competent for patrolling, inspection and maintenance works in the section from Elefsina to Epidavros, Fleet service area, Parking area for project machinery and other company fleet vehicles and Central warehouse and salt-shed for the winter maintenance needs. It also includes the Traffic Management Center (TMC), where the traffic management cameras project to a modern video wall comprising of 12 screens of 60’’. It has 4 workstations, one of which is exclusively for snow ploughing and winter maintenance activities. It has an updated automatic incident detection system and a new system of equipment control and management, which allows the remote operation of fire-fighting, irrigation, road lighting, tunnel safety and dynamic signage systems. The TMC is connected to the meteorological stations along the Project, which render possible the direct provision of information, aiming at the timely diagnosis and dealing with dangerous weather conditions. The TMC specialized personnel replies to the emergency 1025 calls, as well as to the new Emergency Roadside Telephones calls. The TMC personnel cares for the smooth operation of the motorway by collecting, analysing and transmitting information in order to coordinate incident dealing actions by using the company measures, as well as the emergency services when required.
AGENDA:
- 08:00 Departure from the hotel/Symposium venue
- 09:30 Arrival at Olympia Odos Operation and Maintenance Centre (OMC)
- 09:30 Presentation of the Project with emphasis on Traffic & Tunnel Management
- 10:15 Coffee Break
- 10:30 Visit at the Traffic Management Centre (TMC)
- 11:00 Departure from Olympia Odos
- 12:30 Arrival back at the Symposium venue
Maximum participants: 30
WHEN: Thursday, July 03, 2025 08.00 – 12.30
WHERE: Olympia Odos (Operation Centre)