Nicosia open, Paphos-Limassol highway closing for works

NICOSIA’S Limassol Avenue re-opened yesterday as sewage works ended two days ahead of schedule. The two lanes east of Limassol Avenue from the lights at Armenias Avenue to the lights at RIK Avenue were opened up at noon y, with the remainder of the lane later in the day.

Meanwhile maintenance on part of the highway from Paphos to Limassol will start on Monday until August 26.

Both lanes of the motorway, from Petra tou Romiou, to the exit for Pissouri will be temporarily closed to traffic from 9am to 5.30pm daily, from Monday to Thursday.

The two lanes, approximately 3km in length will have traffic diverted to the two southern lanes, which will be operating on a two-way traffic basis.

The Public Works Department apologises for the inconvenience the works will cause and invite the public to show the necessary understanding and compliance with the temporary road signs and police instructions.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.