“We are ready in the first three months of 2025 to finally sign the contract for the main portion of the VOAK,” the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced during a visit to Rethymnon in early December. He added that works of national importance in Crete, with a budget of millions of euros, are being scheduled for the first time. According to APE-MPE, the Prime Minister said that the government has established from live “fermentation” with the local communities which projects need to be prioritised, noting that the government’s new platform erga.gov.gr constitutes a comprehensive digital repository of works, “answering to one of the basic requirements of government, which is accountability”.