Thursday, August 25, 2022

MAJOR ROAD WORKS

 


On the Nicosia-Limassol highway, in the period 9/5/2022 – 31/10/2022, excluding weekends, work will be carried out to install emergency doors on the central island of the highway from Alhambra to Germasogeia at twenty (20) points. During the works, the right traffic lanes to Limassol and to Nicosia will be closed in sections of 100m. approximately at each point and traffic will be diverted to the adjacent traffic lanes.

On the highway from Larnaca Airport to the Rizoelias roundabout, in the period 8/8/2022 – 8/9/2022, between the hours of 08:30 – 15:30, every day from Monday to Friday, excluding weekends and holidays, there will be irrigation works on slopes (including triangles) by Forest Department. During the works, the tangential traffic lane of the triangles of the Rizoelias roundabout will be partially closed for a length of 50m. about every time and traffic will be diverted to the adjacent lane. On the Larnaca-Kofinou highway, in the period 8/8/2022 – 8/9/2022, between the hours of 08:30 – 15:30, every day from Monday to Thursday, pruning operations will be carried out on the central islet by the Department of Forestry. During the works, the tangential traffic lane of the central island will be partially closed in both directions for a length of 1500m. about every time and traffic will be diverted to the adjacent lane. In the district of Nicosia, specifically in Deutera, on Griva Digeni Avenue, Anthoupoli – Paleichori road, from Friday, May 27, 2022 and for a period of five (5) months, construction work will be carried out on a roundabout at its junction with Agia Marina Street. During the works, traffic from Anthoupoli to Palaichori and vice versa will be diverted through a temporary bypass road of approximately 300m length. The junction of Griva Digeni Avenue with Agia Marina Street will be closed and drivers from Palaichori to Deutera are urged to use the previous exit towards Anagyia – Pano Deutera. In Limassol, as part of the major flood prevention project of greater Limassol, from Monday 22/8/2022 until Friday 26/8/2022 rain gutter installation works will be carried out on Nikou and Despinas Pattichi Street near the junction with Christofi Ergatoudi Street . During the works, the following traffic arrangements will be in place: -The descent to Limassol from the Polemidion roundabout to Nikos and Despoinas Pattichi Streets will be closed to all vehicles and traffic to the city centre will be via the bypass road and the Agia Fylaxes and Limanio roundabouts.

-Traffic on the eastern part of Nikou and Despoinas Pattichi Streets, from its junction with Christofi Ergatoudis Street to Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue in the direction of the city centre, will only be possible with a U-turn for vehicles shorter than 6m. length, from the west side to the height before its junction with Christofi Ergatoudi Street.

- The ascent to the Polemidia roundabout on the bypass road from Nikou and Despinas Pattichi Streets will be allowed.

In Germasogeia, construction work on the Germasogeia bypass road continues as normal. From Sunday, August 7, 2022, the construction work of the next phase of the Project will be carried out, which will last for 6 months and includes, among other things, the reconstruction/upgrading of a 400m section of the road on Agia Paraskevi Street. up to the southern part of the Germasogeia roundabout, the reconstruction of Mylou Street and the construction of a roundabout at the junction of the new Mikis Theodorakis Avenue with Agia Paraskevi and Milos Streets. During the construction work of this phase the following traffic arrangements will apply: (a) The junction of Agia Paraskevi and Mylos Streets will be closed and the section of Agia Paraskevi Street south of Tellyrias Street will temporarily operate as a dead end street. Traffic from/to Germasogeia and from/to Limassol will be done via the new bypass road and its connections with Agia Paraskevi street from Isabella, Patron and Tellyria streets. The access of Agia Paraskevi street towards Limassol is expected to be handed over to traffic around the end of October 2022. (b) Mylou Street will be closed and its eastern section, from its junction with Potamias Street, will temporarily function as a dead-end street to serve merchants and residents. (c) Traffic from/to Muttayaka will be able to travel via Potamias Street (east) or via the new bypass road and Agios Georgios Street. On Navarinou Street, in Limassol, from its junction from the roundabout of Eleftherias Street to the traffic lights of Irini Street, also within the framework of the Great Flood Protection Project of the Center of Limassol, from Thursday June 30, rain gutter installation works will be carried out. The work is expected to be completed by Monday, September 5.

Also in Limassol and Amathus, from Tuesday, July 26, works will be carried out to install storm drains, on Dodekanisou Street from its junction with Grigori Auxentiou Street to its junction with Idaliou Street. The work is expected to be completed by Wednesday, August 31. In Paphos, in the Geroskipou area, from Tuesday, April 5, 2022, until Monday, March 6, 2023, the connecting road B6 - A6 (Limassol - Paphos), will be closed to traffic, due to roundabout construction works on Kinyra Street in Geroskipou. During the works drivers and pedestrians will be able to use a temporary detour that has been constructed for this purpose. On the old Paphos-Limassol road, from the period 7/2/2022 – 7/9/2022 (for 7 months), at the junction of Ippokratous Street with the old Paphos-Limassol road (Makariou Avenue 3), in the Municipality of Geroskipou , road improvement works will be carried out by the Paphos Public Works Department. During the works, the roads will remain open and traffic to/from Geroskipou will operate according to the temporary road markings. On the old Nicosia-Limassol road, the eastern road that connects the road to the port of Vassilikos will be closed to traffic in the period 23/4/2022 – 23/10/2022, as part of the construction works of Phase 1 of the Road Network of the Vassilikos Energy Center. During the works, all traffic to and from Vassiliko will be diverted to the corresponding westbound road, through the Community of Mari. The traffic of vehicles and pedestrians, on adjacent streets and residences will be done according to the corresponding local arrangements.