Metro station Argyroupoli

At the "Argyroupoli" metro station the only access to the west exit was a botched and with inadequate dimensions sidewalk that violates national and European law (see photo). According to Greek standards (Government Gazette 2621B/2009) the free of obstacles width of a sidewalk should be 1.50 meters (which corresponds to a total width of more than 2 meters) and according to international standards even bigger - eg. the OECD recommends an obstacles free width of 1.80-2.00 meters and on sidewalks with commercial traffic, bus stops etc. (as in this case) over 3.00-3.50 meters. The sidewalk in question had in none point such dimensions, it was full of obstacles, and in many places the useful for pedestrians width was less than half a meter, so that it would not allow for two people to cross, nor of course the use of wheelchairs or infants. Project developers, finished the station after a three-year delay (so there was all the time required), spent tens of millions euros on its construction, but failed to make it safe and operational by securing a decent access that would cost some thousands of euros and a few tens of meters of expropriations.