Building resilient infrastructure and networks for irrigation in Crete

The Project loan aims at supporting rural development and water management in the Amari valley and the Messara plain in Crete, thereby contributing to fighting ageing and depopulation trends in disadvantaged rural areas of the island. In particular, the CEB loan will partially finance investments related to (i) the construction of a reservoir and water embankment dam on the Platy river, and the related construction of irrigation networks (ii) the construction of a pipeline to convey water to the agricultural plain of Messara. In addition, flood control associated with the new dam should reduce the risk of flooding in the settlements located downstream of the Platy river and in its estuary.