Sunday, April 13, 2025

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.

Larnaca-Famagusta Motorway During the period 02/04/2025 – 13/06/2025, 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 Larnaca Airport-Paralimni motorway, in both directions, by the Forestry Department. During the works, part of the shoulder of the motorway will be closed, in sections of 300 meters at a time. Traffic will not be affected. Larnaca-Kofinou Motorway During the period 02/04/2025 – 13/06/2025, 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 Larnaca-Kofinou Motorway, in both directions, by the Forestry Department. During the works, part of the shoulder of the motorway will be closed, in sections of 300 meters at a time. Traffic will not be affected. Larnaca-Nicosia Motorway During the period 02/04/2025 – 13/06/2025, 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 Larnaca-Nicosia Motorway, Larnaca District, in both directions, by the Forestry Department. During the works, part of the shoulder of the motorway will be closed, in sections of 300 meters at a time. Traffic will not be affected. Limassol-Nicosia Motorway On the Limassol-Nicosia motorway, following the opening to traffic on Saturday morning 25/01/2025 of the Kalavasos bridge in the direction from Nicosia to Limassol, following the completion of its upgrade / repair, during the period 30/1/2025 - 15/5/2025, the corresponding upgrade / repair works of the bridge in the direction from Limassol to Nicosia will be carried out. During the course of the works, the two lanes of the motorway in the direction of Nicosia, approximately 1 km long, will be closed to traffic. Traffic will be diverted to the opposite traffic flow, which will operate in two-way traffic. Also, the entrance to the motorway, heading 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. On the motorway and the Limassol Bypass, on the weekends 05-06/04/2025 and 12-13/04/2025, from 06:00 in the morning until 12:00 in the afternoon, sweeping works will be carried out in sections in both directions. During the works, the right lane of the motorway / Bypass Road will be closed in sections, in one direction only, at all times and traffic will be diverted to the adjacent lane, with the mobile construction site system. On Sunday, 13/04/2025 between the hours of 06:00-08:30, on the Limassol-Nicosia motorway, on the Kalamon bridge in the direction of Nicosia, work will be carried out to install a new traffic monitoring camera. During the works, the right lane will remain closed, for a length of approximately 100m and traffic will be diverted to the adjacent lane. On Holy Monday 14/04/2025 to Holy Wednesday 16/04/2025, from 20:00 in the evening until 05:30 in the morning of the next day, road removal and resurfacing works will be carried out on the Nicosia-Limassol motorway from the Latsia flyover to the Megalou Alexandrou Avenue interchange. For this purpose, traffic will be diverted via the GSP interchange on the old Nicosia-Limassol road and then via the Megalou Alexandrou Avenue interchange (Latsia Weigh Station) to the motorway towards Limassol.

Limassol-Paphos Motorway From Wednesday 12/02/2025 until Wednesday 16/04/2025, between the hours of 07:30 – 15:00, daily, except weekends, embankment removal works will be carried out on sections of the Limassol – Paphos motorway, from the New Limassol Hospital exit, to the Petra tou Romiou exit and on sections of the bypass road in both directions. During the works, the emergency lane (shoulder) of the motorway will be closed in sections over a length of approximately 200m, at all times. Nicosia District In Lakatamia, works will be carried out on Tseriou Avenue and Strovolos Street, from Spyrou Kyprianou Avenue to Pefkou Street, from Friday 12/05/2023 and for a period of 20 months, as part of the improvement/construction of Ippokratous, Argyroupoleos Avenues and a section of Tseriou Avenue and Strovolos 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. In Lakatamia, as part of the improvement/construction of Ippokratous Avenue, from Friday 07/02/2025 at 11:00 in the morning, and for a period of approximately 4 months, part of Karavostasiou Street will be temporarily closed to traffic, from its junction with Agiou Amvrosiou Street to its junction with Ippokratous Avenue. All movements to and from Ippokratous Avenue will be via Vatylis Street. Traffic from Themistokleous Street to Ippokratous Avenue and vice versa will be via Nikaias Street. In Nicosia and Aglantzia, as part of the project “Improvement of Famagusta Avenue in Nicosia”, works lasting 24 months are underway from 20 February 2025, and are expected to be completed by 22 February 2027. Specifically, they include Famagusta Avenue from its junction with Kalavryton Street to the Sopaz roundabout, approximately 1.7 km long, and a secondary road network approximately 0.8 km long, consisting of a section of Kalavryton, Paphos, Madaris and Semelis streets. In Akaki, on Thursday 10/04/2025 and from Monday 14/04/2025 until Wednesday 16/04/2025, from 20:00 in the evening until 05:30 in the morning of the next day, resurfacing works of the existing road surface will be carried out along Archbishop Makarios III Street. During the works, on Thursday 10/4/2025, Archbishop Makarios III Street will be closed from its photo-controlled junction with the main Nicosia - Troodos road to the junction with Dimokratias Street. Drivers are urged to use Dimokratias and Michalakis Savvas Streets for their travel. Accordingly, on Monday 14/4/2025 until Wednesday 16/4/2025, Archbishop Makarios III Street will be closed from its junction with Dimokratias Street to its junction with the main Nicosia-Troodos Road near the Akaki packing plant. Drivers are urged to use Dimokratias Street for their travel. Limassol District Larnaca District Pafos District On the old Pafos-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 near 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 on both sides of the construction site. 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 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 aswas done in Phase 1 of the 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.