Roads and motorways in Cyprus

Since the arrival of the first motor cars on the island in 1907,[1] Cyprus has developed a modern road network.

The Public Works Department of the Ministry of Communications and Works is responsible for the maintenance, improvement and construction of motorways, the majority of rural and interurban road network and the main urban roads.

The Turkish invasion of 1974 radically changed the program of road development and created new priorities in order to cover the augmented needs in the government controlled areas, where 80% of the Cyprus population and the greatest portion of development had concentrated.

The first section of the A9 Nicosia - Evrychou Motorway between Kokkinotrimithia and Akaki has been completed, whereas the rest is under study.

The following are under design: Preliminary and feasibility studies are conducted for the: Roads and Motorways in Cyprus can be classified into 5 main categories: Cyprus currently holds a worse than average road safety record in the European Union[3][4] ^a Pre-2008 data: European Commission Road Safety Country Profile report for Cyprus.