MUNICIPAL ENTERPRISE OF PRESPA

Two on-line meetings of the «Green-Inter-e-Mobility», a project Co-financed by the EU Interreg -IPA CBC Greece-Republic of North Macedonia 2014-2020, with the full title «Integration of Green Transport in Cities», were successfully completed on Thursday, February 25, and Thursday, March 4, 2021, between the Municipal Enterprise of Prespa, the University of Western Macedonia and a representative of the DEEDHE (Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator). During these meetings, the project’s results and progress so far were presented and the participants discussed their upcoming actions. The objectives of the program include the supply, operation and optimal use, with the help of intelligent transport systems, of four electric buses and four electric vehicles for the transportation needs of pupils, the elderly and people with disabilities, in the Municipalities of Florina, Prespes, Bitola and Resen. At the same time, the same number of Photovoltaic powered charging stations will be constructed in each Municipality, for zero emission charging of the vehicles. The Department of Civil Engineering of Patras University, also participates in the program and its team is conducting transportation Studies for the most efficient electric minibuses route schedule, for on-demand transport services of the aforementioned groups of citizens in each Municipality as well as the general population, considering the geographic and demographic features of each Municipality.

Project’s Partners:

• University of Western Macedonia (lead parnter) • Municipality of Bitola • Municipality of Resen • Municipal Enterprise of Prespes • Municipality of Florina • University of Patra

The project is part of Prespa’s Municipality effort, to establish public transportation services that presently are scarcely met so that in the end of the program, the requirements for public transportation of pupiles, the elderly and people with disabilities, within and outside the Municipality’s boundaries, are largely met while at the same time the municipality is moving towards meeting its goal of transforming Prespa into a «Green Municipality» by providing public services with zero a carbon footprint.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE MUNICIPAL ENTERPRICE OF PRESPA

GEORGE STERGIOU