A viability study for the long-delayed Kato Paphos-Coral Bay coastal road has been completed and is now being evaluated, DISY Paphos parliament member Charalambos Pazaros said. He warned that the next stage, land expropriations, could take longer than the mid-2027 estimate.
The study was delivered to the Directorate General for Development on September 16, said Pazaros, who sits on the House Transport, Communications and Works Committee. The evaluation follows a set procedure and timetable for issuing its findings, he said.
Pazaros was responding to recent concerns about the project after the new study was requested. He said that with the study done, the project moves on to expropriations and the survey work it needs. The Land Registry’s process has been under way for months, he said, but may take longer than the estimated mid-2027.
According to Pazaros, the project is moving forward, although later than first planned. Despite continuing difficulties, it is at a genuinely advanced stage for the first time in decades, with a clear path to completion, he said.
The coastal road has been pending for more than 30 years. Pazaros said substantial progress had been made since 2022, when the Environmental Authority issued a reasoned conclusion on the road. In 2023, a tender was launched for design services to extend Tombs of the Kings Avenue towards Peyia and Coral Bay.
In 2024, he said, meetings with the Transport Ministry brought assurances that the project was heading towards implementation. In 2025, it was confirmed that the departments involved were at an advanced stage and that the aim was to invite tenders in 2026.
In early 2026, an amendment to the ‘Fiscal Responsibility and Budgetary Framework Law’ tightened the viability assessment that public investments must pass before they are included in the state budget.
Pazaros called the procedure absolutely right, saying taxpayers’ money must be invested with transparency, evidence and responsibility, and that every major public project must be assessed for its financial, technical and operational viability.
Decades of inaction and indifference cannot be put right in a short time, he said, adding that what mattered was that the stagnation had ended and the process was moving forward.
