New ring road to be delivered on Thursday
The first phase of the Nicosia highway ring road will be delivered on Thursday at noon.
The engineer’s office said the project includes a 7.5km road connecting the Nicosia to Limassol motorway in the Dali area with Tseri Avenue, as well as 10km of connector roads.
It also features a bridge linking the old Nicosia-Limassol road (B1) to the Nicosia-Limassol motorway (A1), an overpass near the Tseri industrial area and a roundabout junction at the intersection of Tseri and Pefkou avenues.
The project’s delivery is 16 months off schedule, the contract stipulating that it should have been finished by the end of March 2023.
The second phase of the ring road has already been tendered and concerns the section running from Anthoupolis to the Lakatamia-Deftera road.
Bidding closes on September 20 and the award of the contract is expected by the end of the year.
A call for tenders for the third phase is expected during the first quarter of 2025; this will involve the stretch from the Anthoupolis junction to the roundabout at Ergates.
The total estimated budget of the project, consisting of five phases, is €350 million.