Thursday, June 6, 2019

SLIPPING BUILDING - LATEST UPDATE 6 June 2019


Regarding the slipping building at the entrance to Kamares, the District Office have obtained a demolition order from the Court.

The demolition work will now go out to tender [it has to go through this process as it is a Government contract]. 

Further updates will be given as information is received.

Below is a translation of an article in Philenews 6 June written by Dora Christodoulou:


Within two months, the dangerous building at the entrance of Kamares Village, in the Talas community, must be definitively and irrevocably demolished. This was finally ordered by the Supreme Court, before which an objection was raised by the builders of the building block, which was considered dangerous.

Now, following the decision of the Supreme Court, the road to the promotion of the procedures by the District Administration of Pafos opens the way for the company to proceed with the demolition work, in order to put an end to the risk situation that has been going on in the wider region for years. the daily inconvenience of hundreds of migrant residents of the luxurious settlement who are forced to make a detour of many kilometers to go to their homes after the main road leading from Tala to
Kamares has been closed for months because of this problem.

The processes for the final resolution of the serious security problem that arises at the entrance of Kamares Village due to the dangerous building will, however, take a long time, as Paphos District Office had stated to the "F". Speaking of this important problem, Mary Lambrou pointed out that the competent services needed months to complete the procedures, given the size of the problem, but also the fact that for such a demolition of this scale, there are few companies in Cyprus who have the possibility to take over of the project. "We waited for the final demolition decree from the Supreme, and then we will ask for a bid by a specialized demolition company," he said.

The authorities and residents of the area have long been deeply worried about the situation at the dangerous building site, which is on the only road that leads to the settlement on the side of Paphos. The passers-by have long objected to the fact that the retreat and the dangerous slope of the building are now evident even through the naked eye as the asphalt is torn as if in an earthquake during their expression and the ascent of the asphalt slopes road shows that the building is constantly moving. They called for speeding up any measures that are necessary before there were tragic consequences.

Dora Christodoulou