{"id":12739,"date":"2024-05-22T14:00:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:00:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T11:00:45","slug":"progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739","title":{"rendered":"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Within the next two weeks answers will be given for several stalled infrastructure projects, Minister of Transport Alexis Vafeades said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Speaking on CyBC\u2019s morning programme, Vafeades first addressed the impasse over Larnaca\u2019s revamped port, recalling that the ministry had sought the opinion of the legal service to clarify its options for proceeding with concession holder Kition Ocean Holdings (KOC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe matter has been clarified for us and discussions are underway at the ministry, which now has to make a decision,\u201d Vafeades said, noting that this would be announced within the next ten days.<\/p>\n

Asked if there was room to cancel the contract <\/strong>with KOC, the minister, who has received scathing remarks from the company in the past, said one option was indeed to take Kition to task for breach of contractual terms. In this case, it would be well-feasible for Larnaca\u2019s port to revert to management by the state\u2019s Ports Authority<\/strong>, he said.<\/p>\n

The matter was a \u201ccomplicated one which must be handled correctly\u201d Vafeades said, noting that the ministry\u2019s approach to all projects is \u201cpositive and constructive\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to see the project to completion, but we draw certain red lines to safeguard public interest<\/strong>,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n

Among these is the fact that the state expects the payment of a promised guarantee, which the company has refused to produce<\/strong>, and there has been no contact with KOC since a presidential intervention in the matter in mid-April.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe consider this an ongoing transgression of terms and thus the assessment of our options with input from the legal service,\u201d Vafeades said.<\/p>\n

The ministry is duly considering for the Larnaca port to default to management by the ports authority in its effort to \u201cprepare for all eventualities\u201d the minister added. Should it come to this, there is keen interest from other investors<\/strong> which would yield results within a short timeframe, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a breach of contract is determined, there are many investors with an interest in project in Cyprus,\u201d Vafeades claimed, explaining that the ports authority, legally in charge of the ports since the 1970s, has both the expertise and the capacity to manage the port in the interim.<\/p>\n

The minister noted, however, that \u201cno decision has yet been taken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vafeades also addressed another major project, the Polis to Paphos highway<\/strong>, about which various parties have expressed concern over delays which have left the project currently just shy of one third complete.<\/p>\n

Discussions to move forward have been constructive and solutions are being hammered out, the minister said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalks are being held in a very constructive climate,\u201d and solutions are being found to technical problems impacting the project, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe met with a senior member of the construction company and have discussed the technical issues. The company is very clear it wants to continue,\u201d the minister added. Representatives will have a follow-up meeting on Monday, \u00a0June 3 to record the problems and determine next steps, the minister said noting he was optimistic that solutions would be found<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Other road works mired in delays include the Limassol to Platres road and the roads to Arakapas and Saittas. Contractors will have their demands evaluated and dealt with by the ministry, according to due process and legislation, Vafeades said. The Nicosia ring road is expected to be handed over next month.<\/p>\n

In the interest of improving the efficiency of public works, which chronically end up being bogged down in delays and changes in contractor demands, the Department of Public Works has undertaken research to see exactly where the problem lies, the minister said.<\/p>\n

In some cases, the matter may be attributable to possible weaknesses in original plans<\/strong>, and corrective measures will be introduced by the ministry should this be substantiated, Vafeades said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Within the next two weeks, answers will be given for several stalled infrastructure projects, including the impasse over Larnaca’s revamped port with concession holder Kition Ocean Holdings (KOC). The Ministry of Transport is considering the option of canceling the contract with KOC due to breach of contractual terms, which could result in the port reverting to management by the state’s Ports Authority. The ministry is also considering other investors who have shown interest in the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[8625,7667,6595,1240,2152,1625,2260,909,3,2852,10095,1167,1763,8903,7177,2321,6403,8960,899,4691,3404,2796,6255,157,1092,4832,2685,7633,24,6653,1346,7703,9597,406,634,130,7378,10846,673,10859,1220,10797,8240,3840,4753,5402,8171,6074,470,3776,453,6388,4441,10743,7967,1026,8239,380,409,6305],"class_list":["post-12739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-april","tag-assessment","tag-capacity","tag-clear","tag-completion","tag-construction","tag-corrective-measures","tag-cybc","tag-cyprus","tag-delays","tag-discussions","tag-draw","tag-efficiency","tag-follow","tag-guarantee","tag-highway","tag-infrastructure","tag-infrastructure-projects","tag-interest","tag-intervention","tag-investors","tag-issues","tag-kition-ocean-holdings","tag-larnaca","tag-larnaca-port","tag-legal-service","tag-legislation","tag-lies","tag-limassol","tag-management","tag-meeting","tag-ministry-of-transport","tag-move","tag-nicosia","tag-opinion","tag-paphos","tag-parties","tag-platres","tag-polis","tag-polis-to-paphos-highway","tag-port","tag-presidential-intervention","tag-problems","tag-progress","tag-project","tag-projects","tag-record","tag-research","tag-road","tag-road-works","tag-roads","tag-safeguard","tag-service","tag-solutions","tag-state","tag-talks","tag-transport","tag-us","tag-vafeades","tag-who"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\nProgress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"infrastructure projects. infrastructure projects, Larnaca port, Polis to Paphos highway\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"infrastructure projects. infrastructure projects, Larnaca port, Polis to Paphos highway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ch.jfdi.cc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-22T11:00:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cyprus Mail\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cyprus Mail\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cyprus Mail\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/606e0fbe40ab1cad97176ec3e4e248f8\"},\"headline\":\"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-22T11:00:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739\"},\"wordCount\":632,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"April\",\"assessment\",\"capacity\",\"clear\",\"completion\",\"construction\",\"corrective measures\",\"CyBC\",\"Cyprus\",\"delays\",\"discussions\",\"draw\",\"efficiency\",\"Follow\",\"guarantee\",\"highway\",\"infrastructure\",\"infrastructure projects\",\"interest\",\"intervention\",\"investors\",\"issues\",\"Kition Ocean Holdings\",\"Larnaca\",\"Larnaca port\",\"legal service\",\"legislation\",\"lies\",\"Limassol\",\"management\",\"meeting\",\"ministry of transport\",\"move\",\"Nicosia\",\"Opinion\",\"Paphos\",\"parties\",\"platres\",\"Polis\",\"Polis to Paphos highway\",\"port\",\"presidential intervention\",\"problems\",\"progress\",\"project\",\"projects\",\"record\",\"research\",\"road\",\"road works\",\"roads\",\"safeguard\",\"service\",\"solutions\",\"state\",\"talks\",\"transport\",\"US\",\"Vafeades\",\"WHO\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cyprus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739\",\"name\":\"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-22T11:00:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/606e0fbe40ab1cad97176ec3e4e248f8\"},\"description\":\"infrastructure projects. infrastructure projects, Larnaca port, Polis to Paphos highway\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?p=12739#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/\",\"name\":\"ch.jfdi.cc\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/606e0fbe40ab1cad97176ec3e4e248f8\",\"name\":\"Cyprus Mail\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cyprus-mail.com\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ch.jfdi.cc\\\/?author=3\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister","description":"infrastructure projects. infrastructure projects, Larnaca port, Polis to Paphos highway","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister","og_description":"infrastructure projects. infrastructure projects, Larnaca port, Polis to Paphos highway","og_url":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739","og_site_name":"ch.jfdi.cc","article_published_time":"2024-05-22T11:00:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cyprus Mail","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cyprus Mail","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739"},"author":{"name":"Cyprus Mail","@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/#\/schema\/person\/606e0fbe40ab1cad97176ec3e4e248f8"},"headline":"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister","datePublished":"2024-05-22T11:00:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739"},"wordCount":632,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg","keywords":["April","assessment","capacity","clear","completion","construction","corrective measures","CyBC","Cyprus","delays","discussions","draw","efficiency","Follow","guarantee","highway","infrastructure","infrastructure projects","interest","intervention","investors","issues","Kition Ocean Holdings","Larnaca","Larnaca port","legal service","legislation","lies","Limassol","management","meeting","ministry of transport","move","Nicosia","Opinion","Paphos","parties","platres","Polis","Polis to Paphos highway","port","presidential intervention","problems","progress","project","projects","record","research","road","road works","roads","safeguard","service","solutions","state","talks","transport","US","Vafeades","WHO"],"articleSection":["Cyprus"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739","url":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739","name":"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg","datePublished":"2024-05-22T11:00:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/#\/schema\/person\/606e0fbe40ab1cad97176ec3e4e248f8"},"description":"infrastructure projects. infrastructure projects, Larnaca port, Polis to Paphos highway","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/progress-on-stalled-infrastructure-projects-minister.jpg","width":800,"height":533,"caption":"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=12739#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Progress on stalled infrastructure projects , \u2013 minister"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/","name":"ch.jfdi.cc","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/#\/schema\/person\/606e0fbe40ab1cad97176ec3e4e248f8","name":"Cyprus Mail","sameAs":["https:\/\/cyprus-mail.com\/"],"url":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?author=3"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}