Filenews 27 December 2020 - by Dora Christodoulou
Immediately after the Lights and the completion of the festive season, the contractor who won the last competition for the unification of the archaeological sites of Kato Paphos, enters the site for the fast start of the works that have been ongoing for almost five years into the "bridge of Arta" for Paphos. As is well known, at the beginning of the month the Paphos Offers Council approved the offer to the contractor Miltiadis Neophytou, which had also undertaken projects during the huge renovation of the commercial and historical center of Paphos over the past four years.
The award of the offer is estimated to finally put an end to the long-term step of the integration of the antiquities of Kato Paphos, a project that had been prepared to start before the redevelopment projects of the centre and which almost five years later has not yet been possible to complete. Essentially the only development in the matter for three years, was the installation of the 400 meters long footbridge that will connect the western to the eastern part of the archaeological treasures of Kato Paphos, with one end being located at the point where the famous Roman hotel is and the other on the hill of Paprika. The footbridge passes at a great height above The Apostle Paul Avenue, and will allow for an impressive shot to the walkers and visitors of antiquities, when however they will be able to visually enjoy the entire archaeological area of Paphos, after the progress of the wider works.
The great work of the unification of the archaeological sites of Kato Paphos, is considered one of the most important events of recent decades for the city and the province of Paphos, since it will now be possible to further highlight the rare archaeological wealth of Paphos internationally. For this reason it became clear from the outset to the preferred bidder from the municipal authority that the project should be treated as a project of urgency and of the highest priority, in order not to present at the entrance of the tourist area of the city with the recovery of tourism the image of construction site and abandonment observed in recent years.
