Filenews 2 February 2026 - by Dora Christodoulou
There has been satisfaction lately among the social bodies of Paphos and especially in the educational community, from the formalization of the inclusion of the project of the overground pedestrian bridge on Tassos Papadopoulos Avenue in this year's state budgets.
After the inclusion of the project in the announcements of President Christodoulidis as they were announced to the authorities of Paphos last September, recently came the formalization of the intentions through the funds provided for the project, a fact that satisfied organized groups, institutions and agents of the city given that the plans remained at a verbal level for a number of years.
This project is treated with particular sensitivity in Paphos, since it concerns the safety of hundreds of students who cross this avenue every day, all the more so since a few years ago the first tragic loss of a student was recorded in her attempt to cross the avenue from a controlled crossing point.
Now the process has entered a preparatory part with the preparation of a simplified plan of the overpass by the Department of Urban Planning and Housing, the necessary approvals, the preparation of the construction plans and the start of the works. The project is promoted as urban planning, with funding at a rate of 80% from the budget of the Department of Urban Planning and Housing and 20% from the budget of the Municipality of Paphos.
