A new phase of the Nicosia moat regeneration project begins on Thursday, June 4, closing roads in the historic core of the capital and shutting the Costanza Bastion municipal car park until mid-December 2026.
Nicosia Municipality said the stretch of road running from the OXI roundabout to the entrance of the Costanza Bastion car park would close to traffic from Thursday. The western section of Xanthi Xenierou Street will become a dead-end, with two-way access from Areos Street allowed for residents only.
The Costanza Bastion car park will remain shut for the duration of the works, which the municipality expects to complete by mid-December 2026.
Two further closures already in place will continue: the vehicle exit lane from Thermopylon Street to the OXI roundabout will stay shut until the end of July 2026, and the eastern stretch of Konstantinou Palaiologou Avenue, between Archbishop Makarios II Square at the Kolokasi opening and the Costanza Bastion car park entrance, will remain off-limits to all but residents and emergency vehicles.
The works along Konstantinou Palaiologou Avenue include excavation to move utilities underground and the reconstruction of the road surface and pavements. Façade improvement works on private buildings will continue elsewhere along the project route.
Traffic diversions
For drivers heading east to west towards the pedestrian zone, the municipality has set out a diversion via Stasinou Avenue, the Doros Loizou Bridge and Konstantinou Palaiologou Avenue, from the OXI roundabout to Eleftheria Square.
For drivers leaving the walled city towards Stasinou and Salaminos Avenues, the route runs via Leukonos, Diogenous, Peiraios, Patriarchou Grigoriou and Agiou Antoniou streets.
Lorry ban
Lorries will be banned from using Aeschylou and Ippokratous streets, where they risk getting stuck on the narrow road network around Trikoupi Street.
Nicosia Municipality called on the public to follow all road signs. The project is co-financed by the European Union.
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