Mayor-elect pledges a cleaner, greener Athens
Athens mayor-elect Haris Doukas visited the municipal authority’s Department of Sanitation on Monday, where he vowed a cleaner, greener city.
“Cleanliness will be a top priority” of his five-year term in office, which begins on January 1, Doukas said, adding that he was “very proud” of the department’s efforts to that end.
He said his immediate plans include steps to expand recycling and “smart” trash collection, describing a cleaner city as an “emblematic goal.”
“You are the municipality’s image. I know how hard your job really is and we want to equip you with all the modern means,” Doukas told sanitation employees.
“The green transition starts here,” he added.
During and after his election campaign against New Democracy’s incumbent Kostas Bakoyannis, the National Technical University of Athens professor who ran on socialist PASOK’s ticket in October’s local elections, addressed a number of controversial issues regarding the Athenian capital, such as the installation of new surveillance cameras, which he does not consider a priority, and the Municipal Police force, which he plans to deploy more widely.
