The 5th of April 2024 has been set as the closing date for the submission of tenders for the project "Supply, installation, configuration, operation and maintenance of a new urban traffic control system (UTC) in Limassol and Nicosia, which in Limassol will be implemented in 50 photo-controlled intersections.
The Control Centre from which all traffic lights will be checked will be at the Headquarters of the Department of Public Works in Nicosia. There will be no Control Centre in Limassol. The system will also be in position to connect up to 500 photo-controlled intersections nationwide for remote monitoring. The project, with an estimated cost of €7,13 million + VAT, includes a 24-month execution period and a 5-year maintenance period. It was announced by the Department of Public Works on January 19. It aims at better traffic management, which will increase road capacity, reduce vehicle travel time, and improve road safety. The system will collect traffic data from sensors placed at key points of the road network in urban areas, process them in real time and give instructions on how to operate traffic lights.
Furthermore, it will adjust the time of the green traffic light according to the volume of traffic, aiming to reduce delays and coordinate the operation of adjacent photo-controlled junctions on road corridors, reduce the "start-stop" effect, while reducing fuel consumption and air polluting emissions. A fundamental aim is to prevent road collisions through immediate intervention since it allows the implementation of strategies such as restricting access to specific areas and times. It also allows traffic monitoring and will provide the possibility of intervention by the control center to bypass road works or road collisions.
The main advantages of the system are the reduction of travel time by 10-25%, delays by 15-30% and reduction of "stop-start" by 10-30%. As well as reduction of public transport travel time by 28%, fuel consumption by 8-10%, emissions by 10-15%, resulting in reduced air quality burden and improved quality of life. The project is implemented under the EU cohesion policy programme "THALEIA 2021-2027" with the co-financing of the European Union.
The intersections that the project will cover in Limassol are: Georgiou A'-Panagiotis Tsangari (Pizza Hut), Promahon Eleftherias-Kostas Pitsillides, Seaside Road-Griva Digeni, Spyros Kyprianou-Stavros Stylianides, Spyros Kyprianou-Grigoris Afxentiou, Spyros Kyprianou-Makarios 3rd, 28th October-Iakovos Tompazis, 28th October-Makarios 3rd, 28th October-Lord Byron, Lord Byron-Anastasios Sioukris, Anastasios Sioukris-Olympion, Makarios 3rd-Agia Zoni (Ariel), Anexartisias-Gladstone-Thessaloniki (Pentadromos), Spyros Kyprianou-Kostis Palamas, Agias Fylaxeos-Ierou Lohou, Spyros Kyprianou-Agia Fylaxeos, Makarios the 3rd-Agias Fylaxeos, Makarios 3rd-Petros Tsiros-Dodecanese, Spyros Kyprianou- Petros Tsiros, Spyros Kyprianou-King Constantine, Makarios the 3rd-Leontiou-Nikos Pattihis, Nikos Pattihis-Agia Sophia, Spyros Kyprianou-Nikos Pattihis, Spyros Kyprianou-Apostolos Varnavas, Makarios the 3rd-Apostolos Varnavas-Jan Sibelius, Misiaouli and Kavazoglou-Marconi-Lycourgou, Limassol Marina-Jelal Bayar (KEO), Franklin Roosevelt-Democratias, Makarios 3rd-Agias Sophias, Makarios 3rd-Georgios Averoff, Makarios 3rd and Kavazoglou-Vasileos Pavlou, Spyros Kyprianou-Marinos Geroulanos, Paphos-Omonoia, Spyros Kyprianou-Omonoia, Paphos-Miltonos, Spyros Kyprianou-Evgenios Voulgaris.
