A7 motorway (Cyprus)
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| Paphos–Polis Αυτοκινητόδρομος Πάφου–Πόλεως | ||||
 A7 Motorway diagram | ||||
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| From | Agia Marinouda Interchange (A6) | |||
| To | New Polis Junction | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | Cyprus | |||
| Regions | Paphos District | |||
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The A7 is a planned Motorway to link the city of Paphos with Polis, a small town in the north west of the island.
This is the first motorway project in Cyprus, which is going to be performed through the Design, Build, Finance and Operate method (DBFO). After several bureaucratic delays,[1] plans are completed, and offers were made from 5 construction consortia. Although at first it was decided that the consortium called "Kinyras" was the preferred bidder, Kinyras claiming rising costs due to the ongoing financial crisis raising its financial demands, hence putting the whole project in hiatus. Following government's refusal to pay more for an already expensive project, talks moved to the second preferred bidder the Austrian-Cypriot consortium "Strabag-Nemesis".
As of 2024, 30% of the motorway has been completed and with a launch for a new contractor, it is hoped that the motorway will be fully completed by 2031.[2]
