The Public Works Department signed a contract worth 75,837,000 euros plus VAT on Tuesday for Phase C of the Nicosia ring road, about 9.4 kilometres of new motorway in effect linking the Nicosia–Palechori motorway with the ring road. Work is scheduled to start in January 2027 and take 40 months.
The section, which runs from Anthoupolis to Anagyia, was awarded after an open tender and is co-funded by the European Union through the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).
What the project includes
The new motorway will have two lanes in each direction, separated by a raised central reservation 2.60 metres wide and fitted with STEP-type safety barriers and emergency openings.
A full cloverleaf interchange will be built where the two motorways meet, with four slip roads and nine underpasses. The project also includes three grade-separated junctions and one at-grade terminal roundabout, a viaduct about 200 metres long and eight overpasses and underpasses. Link roads will connect the area’s existing local road network.
The contract further covers an extension of Agios Georgios Avenue in Lakatamia, about 1.2 kilometres long. It will be a four-lane road, with two lanes in each direction and a 4.5-metre raised central reservation, and will have right-turn lanes, 3-metre pavements on both sides and three at-grade roundabouts for local traffic.
The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works said the project is infrastructure of vital importance at European level, as it forms part of the European Transport Corridors ‘Baltic Sea – Black Sea – Aegean Sea’ and ‘Western Balkans – Eastern Mediterranean’, which aim to fully integrate eastern Mediterranean member states with central and northern Europe. It said the road network upgrades Cyprus’s connectivity and ensures national infrastructure is compatible with the EU’s strict safety and resilience standards.
Acting Public Works Department director Elpida Epaminonda signed the contract at the ministry on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus, with Georgios Iacovou and Efi Chrysochou signing for the IACOVOU – CYFIELD PC JOINT VENTURE. Transport Minister Evi Tsolaki and the ministry’s director general, Marina Ioannou Hasapi, attended.
