Ledra Street will remain pedestrian, mayor insists

By a Staff Reporter

NICOSIA Mayor Michalakis Zampelas reassured anxious pedestrians that the construction works currently under way on Ledra Street were in no way preparations to reopen the road to full-time traffic.

“We are simply renovating and improving and making changes in accordance with the recommendations of the team of French experts,” said Zampelas.

The £850,000 project includes a general clean and repair of Ledra and its neighbouring streets, the erection of signs, an improvement in the façade of various shops and the creation of an axis from Lycourgos Street to pedestrian walkways.

Cars are allowed access to Ledra only between 7 and 10am and 1 and 3pm. “There is no suggestion of changing those hours whatsoever. We will continue to make greater improvements to the area,” said the mayor.

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