Hotel project lands Milos island at a crossroads

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A projected luxury edifice wrong a Natura 2000 protected country connected Milos has reignited statement implicit the island’s aboriginal development. The project, a five-star edifice with spa by Milos Collection SA, would screen 8.9 stremata (0.89 hectares) successful Provatas and see 31 rooms, 94 beds and backstage pools. Plans diagnostic a tertiary wastewater system for irrigation reuse, water tanks filled by desalination trucks, and two wells.

The municipal assembly unanimously opposed the program successful August, citing precocious water demands. But the South Aegean Region’s Natural Environment & Climate Change Agency (NECCA) issued affirmative opinions.

Company CEO Christos Oikonomopoulos said the task “will afloat respect the situation and architecture of the island” and make jobs.

Local activists, recalling the Sarakiniko edifice case, called for a halt to each permits until caller municipality plans are completed. “We are astatine a crossroads,” said Babis Bilinis of the Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage (ELLET).