Filenews 12 September 2022 - by Dora Christodoulou
Time is now counting down for the daily use and enjoyment by the citizens of the largest urban park that will exist in Cyprus. The "Park of Colours", in the centre of Paphos, has already been completed and it is now only a matter of days before it will be given for use to the public of the city and province. This was confirmed by the mayor of Paphos, speaking to "F", clarifying that this will be done when the café-restaurant that has been created inside the park is awarded to an offeror to operate.
Phaedonas Phaedonos clarified that this action is a prerequisite, in order to have a continuous movement of citizens in the area and in this way to avoid risks of vandalism or theft that may be done by unscrupulous people during the period when the services of the park will not yet operate. With the huge park now virtually completed, he stressed, the Municipality of Paphos is already paying a significant amount of money to a private policing company to avoid similar possibilities. "We give 4 million from the Municipality's Fund to invest in young people. In a few weeks, the largest organized park in Cyprus will be given for use. Paphos is changing", he said characteristically.
The largest urban park in Cyprus covers a huge part of the central fabric of the city between Ellados Avenue, the streets of the shopping centre towards the Mouttallos district and which includes the very well-known to the Paphites area of "Pembes".
It covers an area of 32,000 square metres, making it the largest urban park in Cyprus and the most "rich" on the island both in terms of greenery and infrastructure. Hundreds of new trees are planted in the Park, while it includes square gathering areas, a playground, a cafeteria, a tennis court, a basketball court, a small football field, changing rooms, a skateboard area, a climbing wall of 3-6 metres, a management and information office, an exhibition outdoor area, an aromatic-botanical garden, sanitary areas, 83 parking areas for the public and people with disabilities, service areas, a central route, and entrance gates.
