The construction of the Paphos Western Bypass, a project that will decongest the current marginal road traffic in the western low area of Paphos, has been included in the State Budget for start within 2027.
In the meantime, the Department of Public Works will promote the preparation of the construction plans and then the announcement of the project, after the Department of Urban Planning and Housing sends the final master plan and based on the commitments/priorities of the TDE.
This is what the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Alexis Vafeadis, points out, in response to a relevant demarche by AKEL's Paphos MP, Valentinos Fakontis. At the request of the council of the West Paphos Cluster of Communities, Mr. Fakontis, sent, through the House of Representatives, a question to the competent Ministers in order to be informed about the timetables set for the promotion and completion of the project of the Second Phase of the Paphos Western Bypass Road. This is, as he points out, a project that is experiencing a huge delay and concerns the section of the road from Phase A that was completed in February 2012 to the junction with Tombs of the Kings Avenue of the said road.
In his letter, Mr. Fakontis emphasizes that there is a serious problem in the access of the communities of western Paphos to the city of Paphos due to the dense traffic traffic, since essentially the only access to the center of Paphos is through the road in the Dilarkatzia area. With the completion of this project, traffic in the area will be significantly alleviated, Valentinos Fakontis observes.
Taking into account the time-consuming procedures that are being followed, but also given that the process of updating the Master Plan that took place in the past has not yet been completed, the AKEL Paphos MP again calls on the government and the competent ministries to move with a sense of urgency in order to complete all the necessary procedures for the promotion of the project of the Second Phase of the project.
