Summary

The road running through the central square of Kalyves will be closed from January 13 to January 25, 2026, while workers carry out emergency repairs to the sewage pump station located in the heart of the village. Drivers travelling from Chania towards the Kalyves junction will need to use alternative routes via the Agia Paraskevi church or the SYNKA supermarket. Bus services on the KTEL network are expected to be rerouted so that students and residents can still reach both ends of the village.

Kalyves road closure: what you need to know for the next two weeks

The road that passes through the central platanos square in Kalyves will be closed to traffic for 15 days while urgent repair work is carried out on the sewage pump station at the village's wastewater treatment facility. The pump station sits right in the centre of the village, making the closure unavoidable.

Key dates

Start: Tuesday, January 13, 2026, from 08:00

End: Sunday, January 25, 2026

Duration: 15 days

Who is affected?

Anyone driving from Chania towards Kalyves and continuing to the Kalyves junction or Vamos will be unable to pass through the village square during this period.

Detour options

Two alternative routes are available. The first takes drivers along the street past the church of Agia Paraskevi and through the road running alongside the Kalyves primary school. The second runs via the SYNKA supermarket and heads south to the Chavaledakis yard, then on to the BOAK motorway junction in the direction of Armenos.

The reverse direction will not be possible on the diversion route. Police from the Apokoronas station will be deployed to keep the alternative road clear of parked vehicles — particularly along the school road and at the junction near the Chrysocherakis pharmacy, where the old national road 90 meets the provincial road towards Almyrida. This is to ensure the large KTEL bus on the Chania–Almyrida route can pass through without obstruction.

The KTEL bus company for the Chania–Rethymno region has been asked to adjust its timetables for the duration of the works so that schoolchildren and residents can be served from both ends of the village.

Warning signs

Road closure signs will be placed in advance at three locations:

SYNKA supermarket, Kalyves

Mastorakis patisserie

Chrysocherakis pharmacy, at the junction of old national road 90 and the provincial road to Almyrida

A map showing the closed section and the alternative routes has been published on the municipality's official website.

PRESS RELEASE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF APOKORONAS

SUBJECT: «TRAFFIC DISRUPTION ON A MUNICIPAL ROAD AT THE SQUARE OF KALYVES, APOKORONAS, DUE TO PUMP STATION RESTORATION WORKS»

January 8, 2026, 1:52 PM

The Municipality of Apokoronas informs that from Tuesday, January 13, 2026, from 08:00 and for fifteen (15) days (until Sunday, 25-01-2026), it is necessary on an urgent basis to carry out restoration works on the pump station of the Kalyves wastewater treatment facility, which is located in the centre of the Kalyves settlement, and therefore the road passing through the central square (Platanos) of Kalyves will be closed.

The passage of vehicles in the traffic flow from Chania – Kalyves towards the Kalyves junction (or Vamos) will be possible via the road passing by the church of Agia Paraskevi and the Kalyves Primary School.

Also, traffic may alternatively proceed via the SYNKA Kalyves and southwards as far as the Chavaledakis yard and the BOAK junction towards Armenos.

The assistance of the Apokoronas Police Station will ensure the absence of parked vehicles along the route in front of the church of Agia Paraskevi, on the primary school road leading to the Xyda river up to and including the junction (Chrysocherakis Pharmacy) of old national road 90 and the provincial road towards Almyrida, so that the route (direction Chania–Almyrida) of the large KTEL bus is unobstructed. The reverse route will not be possible and for this reason a request has been made to KTEL CHANIA RETHYMNO to adjust its timetables for these fifteen days so that students and residents of the Kalyves settlement are served from both sides of the settlement.

The contracted builder will place warning signs indicating that the road will be closed in advance at the following points:

• (1) SYNKA KALYVES Supermarket • (2) Mastorakis Patisserie • (3) Chrysocherakis Pharmacy, Junction of old national road 90 and the provincial road towards Almyrida

Attached is an excerpt from Google Earth showing the point of traffic disruption and the alternative route.