The Greek supreme court has allowed the construction of a road between the Northern Greek town of Komotini and the Bulgarian border.

The court overruled complaints from Komotini citizens and environmentalists, Greek newspaper Ethnos reported.

In the complaints, citizens and environmentalists claimed the road did not comply with the ecological regulations and would lead to pollution of the region.

The Greek court ruled that the project was harmless to the eco-balance.

Bulgarian news agency BTA said that the road would connect the Egnatia highway in Greece and Bulgarian border. The project was included in a Bulgarian-Greek agreement contracted in 1996. In 1998, the two countries signed a protocol for co-operation, which envisions the opening of three new border checkpoints in the region.