Contract for Provision of Services for the Development of the National Land Transport Strategy for Cyprus Signed

Contract for provision of services for the development of the National Land Transport Strategy for Cyprus Signed

26 May 2022
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Contract for Provision of Services for the Development of the National Land Transport Strategy for Cyprus Signed

The contract for the Provision of Services for the Development of the National Land Transport Strategy for Cyprus (Consultancy Services for the Development of a National Land Transport Strategy for Cyprus) was signed on May 03, at the Department of Public Works.

The contract was signed, on behalf of the Government, by the deputy director of the Department of Public Works, Eleni Kaskiri, and on behalf of the consortium ‘Consortium Mobilityinchain Srl + ALA Planning Partnership Consultancy LLC + PricewaterhouseCoopers Business Services Srl’, in the presence of director of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works Stavros Michael.

The aim of the Convention is the development of an integrated National Strategy for Land Transport (Cyprus 2040) and the corresponding action plan to support future development in the transport sector.

In particular, the project seeks to facilitate the identification as well as support for necessary future transport policies and investments (medium and long term), while at the same time seeking to align the transport sector with the requirements of the National Energy Plan and the Climate, thus contributing to the balanced regional development, the mitigation of climate change and the appropriate development of the country's transport sector.

The project will cover both passenger and commercial long-distance land transport, long-distance public transport, as well as cross-sectoral issues affecting land transport (e.g., sea and air transport) as follows:

Through mobility analysis, based on data collection and problem analysis, leading to the design of a series of measures aimed at improving cost-effectiveness, road safety, accessibility, environmental impact and international connectivity of commercial and passenger transport.
·Through the development of a policy package, aimed at supporting the objectives of the National Energy and Climate Plan, as well as related transport policies at European Union level (white paper on transport).

The elaboration of the plan will have an expense of EUR176,780,00 including VAT, and duration of completion 16 months.

It is noted that the Project is co-financed by the European Union Cohesion Fund at a rate of 85 percent, through the operational programme ‘Competitiveness and Sustainable Development’ and by 15 percent from national resources.