The flood defence projects are now a fact. Work on the first of the three major projects
with a total budget of €35 million, which will shield Limassol from winter
2023, began in the Ekali region. Speaking in "Entrepreneurial
Limassol", the Director General of the Water Board, Giannis Tsouloftas, indicated
that in the summer, works will begin in Polemidia (Anagnostopoulou, Marinos
Geroulanos, and Evgenios Voulgareos streets) and in the Autumn, works will
begin in Germasogeia (Patras Street and Paniotis region), stressing that after
many years, Limassol will finally have a complete flood protection.
The whole project will also cover the areas of
Tsirio and Agia Phyla (Metanaston and Koronis, Ellis Lambetis streets). Also
included are works on the streets of Panikos Harakis in Mesa Geitonia and Sfalangiotissis
and Charalambou Evagorou in Agios Athanasios.
The project with a total budget of €16.2 million
implemented by the IACOVOU – ZEMCO.
Limassol Center
A tender is also expected to be launched in May
for the construction of the €6 million flood protection works in the centre of
Limassol, so that by the end of the year the contractor can be installed. The
work is expected to take 18 months. As Mr. Tsouloftas indicated, rainwater will
be diverted, collected from pipes in the avenues of Leontiou, Agia Phylaxeos,
Thessalonikis, Vasili Michaelides and Agia Zonis and then channeled through the
streets of Gladstonos and Navarinou to Garillis.
Evagora Laniti Avenue
In 2022, the third project will begin, that is the
construction of two square welds along Evagora Laniti Avenue, through which
the entire river of Agia Phyla will be diverted to the Garillis river.
Construction work will begin in October 2022 and will last 16 months, giving a
definitive end to the problem of flooding in the Tsireio area.
