The Parliamentary Committee on Transport, Communications and Works started today the debate on the bill submitted to the Parliament on traffic by DISY MP Fotini Tsiridou.
In their statements after the session, Ms. Tsiridou stated that the goal is to make for the first time in Cyprus an "umbrella" law that concerns the daily life of citizens, with an emphasis on traffic.
He noted that this proposal provides for the creation of traffic management centers in each province, gives the right to tow vehicles that impede smooth traffic, while priority lanes, flow zones with a ban on stopping and parking at specified times, school protection zones around each school and staggered schedules are introduced. It also provides for the teleworking, which they have already voted, to be included under the framework of decongesting the roads and open data for all citizens with specific measurable indicators.
Ms. Tsiridou spoke of "a scourge that plagues and torments thousands of our fellow citizens every day on the streets", noting that "the proposal proposes to put order where today there is chaos, rules where today there are no rules and it was really positive that all the institutions have put their own thoughts on the issue".
"We have asked everyone to send their own views in writing. The goal is to finally become for the first time in Cyprus the first umbrella law that concerns the daily life of our fellow citizens, with an emphasis on traffic", he added.
