Delays in finding a consultant to carry out a study into the Kissonerga marina and cruise ship docking facility construction is scuppering plans to develop the wider area according to community leader.
The thirty-year saga of the Paphos marina continues with news that moves to study a proposal to create the marina at Kissonerga with docking facilities for cruise ships is about to get underway.
Interior Minister reported to be angry with British victims of Pissouri landslide for complaining to the Cypriot and British media and offers no compensation to those affected; many homes now unfit for habitation.
Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides is due to visit Pissouri on Thursday to view the homes being destroyed by a landslide along with the Limassol District Officer, Director of the Geological Survey Department and Community Board members.
One family hanging on in their crumbling home in Armou, trapped in a house which has had a ban order on it for the last eight years, is seeking legal recourse with the government and is taking them to court.
The Pissouri Housing Initiative Group (PHIG) have issued a news release 'No more mockery, it's a landslide', in response to the Auditor-General's comments that the state had no obligation to compensate homeowners.
Heavy rain has accelerated the land slippage on a doomed development in Tala, which consists of four apartments, two villas and eight townhouses; the developer has provided alternative properties.
Barring a miracle, swimming pools in privately owned complexes, such as the Royal Seacrest in Kato Paphos, will remain closed this year affecting tourist revenues and local businesses.
Victims of the landslide in the Limnes area of Pissouri are puzzled why MP Demitris Syllouris is planning to visit the area after dark when it will be impossible to see the destruction.
Locals fear for the future of Coral Bay if developer's plans to build next to the blue-flagged area go ahead following a Government decision to allow a 2005 appeal by Leptos developers.
