Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has announced a major commitment to expand the BOAK highway, Crete's main east-west road corridor, to run its full length from Kissamos in the far west to Siteia in the far east. He described the project as infrastructure built to serve the island for the next 50 years. Currently, significant stretches of northern Crete's road network remain incomplete or run through congested town centers, making cross-island driving slow. Once finished, the full BOAK route will substantially cut travel times between western Crete (Chania, Kissamos) and eastern destinations (Heraklion, Agios Nikolaos, Siteia). No completion date was announced. For now, visitors driving across the island should plan for variable road conditions and allow extra time, particularly between Rethymno and Heraklion and east of Heraklion toward Lasithi.