Motorists warned of diversions on Limassol–Paphos motorway and Nicosia’s Christofias Avenue as Public Works Department carries out resurfacing and installation projects
Drivers across Paphos, Larnaca and Nicosia are being warned to expect disruption over the coming week, after the Public Works Department announced a series of road maintenance and infrastructure works, including extended closures on one of the island’s busiest motorways.
The most significant works will affect the Limassol–Paphos motorway (A6), where resurfacing is scheduled near Kouklia from Tuesday 22 to Friday 25 September, between 8am and 4pm each day. Traffic heading towards Paphos will be diverted through a motorway crossover near Kouklia and directed onto the opposite carriageway, which will operate two-way for around three kilometres before traffic rejoins the main route further along.
A separate stretch of the same motorway, near the Petra tou Romiou exit, will be closed for resurfacing on Monday 21 September, also from 8am to 4pm. During those hours, traffic travelling from Limassol towards Paphos will be rerouted onto the old Paphos–Limassol road (B6) via the Petra tou Romiou exit, before rejoining the motorway further along.
In Nicosia, more disruptive overnight works are planned on Christofias Avenue. All four lanes between the junction with Dimitrios Avenue and the Anexartisias Avenue roundabout, near the new town planning office, will be closed from 9pm on Wednesday 23 September until 5.30am the following morning. Access from Tserios Avenue will be restricted to residents only, with through traffic diverted via Theofilos Georgiadis Street and Spyros Kyprianou Avenue.
Meanwhile in Larnaca, engineers will install a weigh-in-motion system on the Larnaca–Nicosia motorway on Sunday 27 September, from 6am to 1pm. One lane of the motorway heading towards Nicosia, between the Rizoelia roundabout and the Panagia ton Ambelion flyover, will be alternately closed over a roughly 300-metre stretch, with traffic directed into the adjacent lane using temporary signage.
The Public Works Department apologised for the inconvenience the works would cause and appealed to the public for patience and cooperation with temporary road signs and police instructions.
