Future Development Plans for Paphos

Future Development Plans for Paphos

Future development plans for Paphos centre on a public investment programme of more than €230 million across over 75 projects, announced by President Nikos Christodoulides in September 2025 and scheduled by the transport ministry for 2026 and 2027. The money is going into roads, a new marina, schools, Paphos General Hospital and the water supply.

Not every project will keep to that timetable. In October 2026 the tender board rejected both bids for the first phase of the Paphos–Polis Chrysochous motorway, the flagship of the programme, and the government now plans to put both phases out to tender in 2027. This guide sets out what is planned, the announced budget for each project, where it stands today, and what the investment plan for Paphos could mean for anyone considering property investment in Paphos.

Which Development Projects Are Planned in Paphos?

Most of the projects in the Paphos programme are roads and public buildings, with a smaller number of tourism, water and village upgrades. The total package of more than €230 million was announced by the President in September 2025, and individual budgets were given for some of the projects at the same event, as reported by FastForward. The table below lists the main ones, with their status as of October 2026. Budgets are announced figures, not signed contracts, and Paphos and Geroskipou municipalities also run their own city development plans on top of this programme.

For how infrastructure fits into the wider picture of prices, demand and yields, see our guide to Cyprus property market indicators and investment options.

Public Infrastructure and Transport Projects

Roads take the largest share of the Paphos programme, because the district’s main problems are congestion around the town, slow links to the north-west coast and a single main route to the airport. Better connections matter for residents commuting into Paphos and for the way demand spreads across the district, a point covered in more detail in our analysis of what drives the Paphos real estate market.

The Paphos–Polis Chrysochous Motorway

The motorway to Polis Chrysochous is the flagship of the programme and also its most delayed project. The original contract, signed in 2021 for €73 million excluding VAT, was due for delivery in 2024, but by October 2024 only about a fifth of the work was done and the contractor was asking for €36.2 million more and a 59-month extension, so the government ended the contract. A new tender for the first phase, the 15.5 km stretch from Ayia Marinouda to Stroumbi, drew two bids of about €125 million and €129 million against an estimate of €90.2 million. According to Cyprus Mail, the tender board rejected both in October 2026. The road is now planned as a four-lane highway, with both phases going out to tender in 2027. In the meantime, improvements to the existing Paphos–Polis road remain a priority.

Bypasses and City Roads

Four urban road projects have announced budgets: the western bypass of Paphos (€11 million), the northern bypass of Geroskipou (€4.5 million), the widening of Emba Avenue (€9.5 million) and the upgrade of Apostolos Pavlos Avenue (€7 million). The road from Chloraka through Kissonerga to Peyia has completed its studies ahead of schedule, and further network works are planned in Geroskipou, Peyia and the suburbs of Paphos municipality.

A New Road to Paphos Airport

A new access road from Paphos and Geroskipou to Paphos International Airport is part of the plan, but its route through the Ezousa area raises environmental questions that have to be resolved before it can move forward. No budget or start date has been announced.

Education, Healthcare, and Community Facilities

The second-largest part of the Paphos programme is aimed at people who live in the district all year: more school places, a larger hospital and better care for older residents. These projects matter most to families relocating to Paphos and to anyone judging how well the district can support a growing permanent population.

Schools

The government plans to extend the all-day secondary school model in Paphos and open six new all-day schools. Specific projects with announced budgets include a €4 million investment in Chlorakas A’ Primary School and €2 million for the primary school in Timi. Former sites in Agios Kendeas are to be converted into a new gymnasium and primary school, and the expansion of the Empa lyceum and technical school is already under way. These are public, Greek-language schools; for the private and international options most foreign families use, see our guide to schools for foreign families in Paphos.

Paphos General Hospital

Paphos General Hospital, run by the State Health Services Organisation, is the district’s main public hospital. The programme includes a €3 million expansion of its accident and emergency department and a new €5 million day care unit, alongside upgrades to the paediatric and gynaecology departments and a new pulmonology clinic.

Community and Safety

A long-term care and activity centre for older residents is planned, together with support for a care home in Chlorakas. A new fire station in Peyia has an announced budget of €6.7 million.

Tourism, Cultural, and Urban Regeneration Projects

The tourism and culture projects in the Paphos programme are fewer than the road and public-service works, and most aim to improve what already exists rather than add large new capacity. The exception is the marina, the largest single tourism project planned for the district.

Paphos Marina

The planned Paphos Marina at Potima, in the Kissonerga area north of Paphos town, is designed for about 1,000 berths on roughly 165,000 m², with residential and commercial space and possibly hotels. It is being developed as a private concession under the Deputy Ministry of Tourism. The project has been discussed since 1994 and first went to tender in 2006, so its history calls for caution. As reported by Cyprus Mail, the marina committee is expected to decide on the bids received in early November 2026, with a concession agreement planned for 2027. No completion date has been set.

Culture, Heritage and Village Upgrades

Cultural projects include a new cultural park and amphitheatre in Acheleia, a digital upgrade of the Paphos Archaeological Museum and the renovation of the Ancient Odeon and the pedestrian bridges at Chrysopolitissa. In the villages, square and street upgrades are planned in Inia (€1.5 million), Kelokedara (€2.5 million) and Kouklia (€2.5 million), along with a €3 million bridge between Tremithousa and Mesogi. On the coast north of Polis, tender documents are being prepared for the expansion of Latchi port, and a sustainable development plan for the Akamas National Forest Park is moving ahead with a new local coordination office.

How Is Paphos Securing Its Water Supply?

Water security has its own place in the Paphos programme, with desalination at Kissonerga as the main element. A mobile desalination unit near Potima beach began supplying water in August 2025, starting at 2,000 m³ a day with capacity planned to rise to 10,000 m³, according to Cyprus Mail. The programme lists a further €14.7 million for mobile desalination at Kissonerga, and a permanent plant with an expected capacity of 12,000 m³ a day is also planned there.

Alongside desalination, new boreholes are planned in Peyia, Lysos and Kinousa, and hotels can apply for grants to build their own small desalination plants, with two applications from Paphos approved so far.

What Is Planned for Geroskipou?

Geroskipou, the municipality immediately east of Paphos town, gets a mix of government and local projects. On the government side, the programme includes the €4.5 million northern bypass of Geroskipou, reconstruction of the local road network and the planned new road from Paphos and Geroskipou to the airport. Protection of the south-western coastline in Paphos and Geroskipou is also treated as a priority because of coastal erosion, although the studies still have to be completed.

The municipality runs its own programme of about €9 million across five projects, as reported by DOM:

• Reconstruction of a section of Archbishop Makarios III Avenue in Konia, with a contract signed in June 2026
• The second phase of the seafront pedestrian zone between the Phaethon and Athena Royal hotels, already under way
• Renovation of the historic centre, including the central square and Kato Vrysi
• A new childcare centre in Konia, planned
• Restoration of the Geroskipou Olympic Swimming Centre pool, with the main works due by the end of 2026

For a wider look at the area, its housing and how it has developed, see our guide to Geroskipou.

Are Paphos Development Projects on Schedule?

Many of the projects in the Paphos programme are running behind the dates first given for them, and some have been announced more than once. The clearest case is the Paphos–Polis Chrysochous motorway: it has been pending since the 1990s, the contract signed in 2021 should already have been completed, and after the bids were rejected in October 2026 the new tender is not due until 2027. The Paphos Marina has a similar history, with planning since 1994 and a first tender in 2006, and the airport access road is held up by environmental questions.

Large spending packages for the district are also not new. A €60 million package was announced for Paphos in 2017, and in 2021 46 projects worth €217 million were reported as under way. The sustainable management plan for the Akamas National Forest Park, for example, was already on the 2021 list.

For anyone following these plans, the useful signals are concrete steps rather than announcements: a signed contract, a tender award, the start of works on site and the published completion date. Projects in the table above that are still listed as “announced” or “planned” have not yet reached those stages.

How Could These Plans Affect Property in Paphos?

Infrastructure on its own does not set property prices, but it changes the factors buyers weigh when choosing where to live in Paphos: travel times, access to schools and healthcare, and the reliability of services such as water. A finished bypass or a new road to the airport can make a neighbourhood more practical for daily life, while a project that exists only on paper changes nothing yet.

For buyers, that leads to three practical points:

• Completed and contracted works count more than announcements. A road under construction is a different signal from one still waiting for a tender.
• Location within the district matters. The roads, school and coastal projects are concentrated around Paphos town, Geroskipou, Chloraka, Peyia and the route to Polis, so their effect will not be the same across every area.
• Timelines can move. Several flagship projects, including the motorway and the marina, have already slipped, so plans that depend on a specific completion date carry more risk.

For data on prices, transaction volumes and demand in the district, see our Paphos property market forecast and our analysis of whether Paphos is a good place to invest in real estate.

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It is moving forward, but no contract has been signed. A decision on the bids is expected in early November 2026, with a concession agreement planned for 2027 and no completion date announced.