Monday, December 23, 2024

MAJOR ROAD WORKS

 


Between 07/01/2025 – 02/05/2025, on Kremmastis Street in Episkopi, a roundabout construction work will be carried out by a private contractor. During the works, the following arrangements will apply: • A section of Kremmastis Street will be closed and traffic will be diverted via Achaion and Argous Streets. • Also, the exit from the Paphos – Limassol motorway towards Limassol at the Episkopi junction will be closed and traffic from the motorway to Episkopi will be diverted via the immediately following Kantou junction. In the Larnaca district, on the Larnaca Airport-Ayia Napa and Larnaca-Kofinos motorways, during the period 11/11/2024-30/12/2024, excluding weekends and holidays, between the hours of 08:30 – 14:30, pruning and watering works will be carried out on the slopes of the motorways in both directions, by the Forestry Department. During the works, part of the shoulder of the motorway will be closed, in sections of 500 meters at a time. Traffic will not be affected.

Also, on the Larnaca Airport-Ayia Napa and Larnaca-Kofinou motorways and on the Larnaca-Nicosia motorway, during the period 11/12/2024 – 17/01/2025, Monday to Friday excluding Holidays, between the hours of 08:30 – 15:00, spraying work will be carried out by the Forestry Department to care for plants on the slopes of the motorways. During the works, on the motorway from Larnaca Airport to the Rizoelia roundabout, on the Larnaca – Nicosia motorway to the Lympia exit and on the Larnaca – Kofinou motorway (from both directions) part of the shoulder of the motorway will be closed in sections. Traffic will not be affected. On the Nicosia-Limassol motorway, the works carried out since September 2024 on the Kalavasos bridge are being extended. The upgrading/repair works of the Kalavasos bridge are being extended until 25/01/2025. During the works, the two lanes of the motorway towards Limassol, approximately 1 km long, will be closed to traffic. Traffic will be diverted to the opposite direction, which will operate in two-way traffic. Also, the entrance to the motorway, towards Limassol, from the old Limassol-Nicosia road at the Zygi junction will be closed and traffic from the old road to the motorway will be diverted via the Governor's Beach junction. In Larnaca, the Larnaca-Dhekelia coastal road, from the height of the Oroklini Fire Station to the Oroklini Organized Beach (Kiosk), will be closed to traffic in both directions from 03/7/2024 and for seven months, as part of the construction works of the Project "Improvement of the Larnaca - Dhekelia Coastal Road Phase C". During the works, traffic will be diverted via Galaxia Street in Oroklini. Drivers are urged to be careful. From Friday 19/7/2024 and for a period of approximately 6 months, construction works will be carried out on Akamantos Street, opposite the Church of Panagia Zalakiotissa in Pegeia. During the works, traffic to and from Pegeia will be diverted via Racherou, Sarakkou and Koliakas streets, in accordance with the on-site road markings. Only residents will be allowed to enter the intermediate work area. In Lakatamia, works will be carried out on Tseriou Avenue and Strovolou Street, from Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue to Pefkou Street, from Friday 12/5/2023 and for a period of 20 months, as part of the improvement/construction of Ippokratous Avenue, Argyroupoleos Avenue and Section of Tseriou Avenue and Strovolou Street. At the same time, during the same period, as part of the reconstruction of Ippokratous Avenue, Themistokleous Street and Areos Avenue will be closed from their intersection with Themistokleous Street to Nikaias Street and Kentavrou Street respectively. On the old Paphos-Limassol road, during the period 13/5/2024 – 12/5/2025 (for 12 months), construction work will be carried out to stabilize a section of the road, opposite Petra tou Romiou (near the CTO refreshment bar in Petra tou Romiou). During the works, the section of the road being reconstructed will not be available to traffic. There will be continuous and unhindered traffic police traffic on both sides of the construction site boundaries. Traffic on the old Paphos-Limassol road from Paphos to Limassol will be diverted from the Petra tou Romiou exit (after Aphrodite Hills on the left) and from Limassol / Pissouri to Paphos from the Pissouri exit, on the Paphos-Limassol motorway. Also on the old Paphos-Limassol road, in the section near Petra tou Romiou, construction work on road stabilization measures will be carried out between 17/06/2024 and 16/06/2025. Specifically the works will be carried out to stabilize the slope and the road surface, as part of the 2nd Phase of the works being carried out on the road, following the major landslides that had occurred since 2019. During the works period, 17/06/2024-16/06/2025, a section of the old Limassol-Paphos road, near Petra tou Romiou, will be temporarily closed to traffic in both directions towards Paphos and towards Limassol. The temporary signage will be the same as in the 1st Phase of Works. Specifically, the necessary signage and information will be placed on the parallel section of the Limassol-Paphos motorway, as well as on the two cut-off sections on the old Limassol-Paphos road, near the western Pissouri-Petra tou Romiou exit and near the Kouklia exit, to inform drivers intending to head towards Petra tou Romiou.

In the Vasilikos area, from Thursday, February 22, 2024, fencing works are underway at the Vasilikos Energy Center, which will last until February, 2025. During the period October, 2024 – December, 2024, works will be carried out to upgrade bus stops and shelters on urban roads in the districts of Nicosia, Limassol, Paphos, Larnaca, and Famagusta. The works include excavations on sidewalks to create foundations and then installation of new shelters at bus stops.