After two successive delays by the contractor – which the mayor of Chania Panagiotis Simandirakis had described in the face of popular criticism as “allowed by the contract” – the Municipal Garden of Chania, the Kipos, finally opened its gates to the public on Friday 31^st March. Access is still limited. Only the entrances on Tzanagaki Street are open; those on Andreas Papandreou near the Clock Tower and on Ploumidaki Street, which connects with the Park of Peace and Friendship, remain closed. The south-east corner, which contains the Clock Tower and the Kipos Summer Cinema, is not completed and is partitioned off. It will contain a landscaped area including a small lake. The historic Kipos Café is now open, although it does not yet have its pergola, but there are umbrellas to provide shade.