The Department of Public Works has announced the launch of a project to develop sustainable urban planning in Limassol. The roads will be equipped with bus lanes, bike paths and parking lots with transfers.
The project is divided into two areas: the city's coastline and the area south of the Troodos roundabout. The work will include resurfacing the roadway, creating bus lanes and improving bus stop infrastructure.
There will also be two park and ride parks for transfers to public transport, following the example of Nicosia. One parking lot will be located in Agios Tychonas, the second - at the Polemidia roundabout.
Special bus lanes will stretch from the park and ride parking lot in Agios Tychonas to the castle in the city center and from the park and ride in Polemidia to the mountains and into the city along Nikou and Despinas Pattihi streets to the intersection with Makariou street.
In addition, during the work in the city, bicycle paths will be created, parking spaces along the roads, the sidewalk will be redone, light-controlled pedestrian crossings will be created, new traffic lights will be installed, road markings will be updated and other related road work will be carried out.
The tender for the project has already been announced, applications must be submitted until September 20. The results will be known in the fall.
Work on the two sites is estimated at 8 and 2.35 million euros respectively. The project is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Fund and the Thalia Foundation 2021-2027. The amount of allocated funds is 15 million euros.
The text was prepared based on materials from “Philelefteros”
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