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The western end of Diolkos (excavated 1956-1960), was left victim to its position alongside the Corinth Canal FOR EVERY TRANSITING VESSEL TO DESTROY, its protection linked to a series of MOCK studies of the Canal Company (=Ministry of FINANCE) for the whole Canal.
The Ministry of Culture has ENSURED its decay, persistently & SLYLY covering-up DECADES OF FRAUDS.
In 2001 they LIED ABOUT PROTECTION HAVING BEEN PROVIDED! 
A 2007 Master Plan linked works to such impossible terms that it was BOUND to bring everything to a halt! 
INSISTING that the protection from the sea was NOT their business, and PRETENDING to arrange only for temporary protection, the Ministry proceeded to muddle things up.
A study for a wavebreaker started in 2010 under repeated international exposure, was completed in 2013. 
♦️Finally, after some more years, serious interventions HAVE begun, along with renewal of excavating activity... Photos in the fb group DIOLKOS: Save the ancient passage!