Projects to be implemented during the period 2017-2021

Medium-Term Development Plan

Projects to be implemented during the period 2017– 2021

1. Strategic Plan 2017-2037

The Board has signed a contract for the provision of services for the preparation of the Strategic Plan of the Sewerage Board of Limassol-Amathus (SBLA).

The object of the contract is the provision of services for the preparation of the financial model for the next twenty (20) years, as well as the preparation of the Board’s Strategic Plan, an implementation plan, quarterly budget reports and the provision of support services/supplementary services for the updating and upgrading of the contract’s deliverables for two years.  

The Strategic Plan  includes forecasts regarding financial issues expected to concern the Board over the course of the next 20 years. At the heart of this plan, which will be subject to constant revisions and updates, will be three-year development plans and provisional forecasts for the Medium-Term Development Plan.

2. Medium-Term Development Plan 2016-2021. Sewage charges for the period 2017-2021.

As noted above, the Board has prepared its 20-year Strategic Plan for the period 2017-2037.  It will be based on the above-mentioned new Strategic Plan 2017-2037 and will cover the period 2017-2021, in accordance with the projects that are planned for the next five years.

Given the changes to the Board of Directors of the Organisation as of 1/1/2017, the new five-year development plan, with the proposed outline of sewage charges for the period 2018-2022, has been approved, bearing in mind the challenges and the new reality described in the present Report.

FINISHED PROJECTS

Flood-protection works in Major Limassol - Contract F5

These works concern the construction of the Large Flood-Protection Project in the Greater Limassol area, a project that extends to all five Municipalities of Limassol and it is estimated cost will be €16.2 million. The project is completed.

Contract E14: Rehabilitation / renovation of central sewage collection pipe and rising mains. The project started in November 2019 and was completed in March 2021 while the total cost is to 8 million. With the successful completion of this innovative and award-winning project, the main sewage pipe of Limassol was relined internally with a special material and the result was to increase the lifetime of the pipe for another 50 years. The state-of-the-art method that was applied allowed the execution of the entire project without any excavations, in the minimum time and with zero accidents.

Contract Ε13 – West Limassol Biological Sewage Treatment and Recycled Water Production Plant

The Plant stands on agricultural land within the administrative boundaries of the Municipality of Kato Polemidia inside the Sovereign Base Areas, away from populated areas and adjacent to the Rainwater Retention Lake. It is located some 500 metres from the 1st Limassol Industrial Zone and 1,200 metres from the nearest residential area in the Municipality of Kato Polemidia.

The contract for its construction was signed on 30 November 2018 with the Kruger A/S – Cybarco Limited JV consortium. Work began in January 2019 and construction work was completed in September 2022. The Project was included in the Programming Period 2014-2020 for European Projects co-financed by the EU Cohesion Fund.

The Plant, with a capacity of 13,000 cubic metres per day, serves Polemidia, Zakaki, Agios Spyridon and other areas of West Limassol. It also serves Limassol General Hospital, Limassol New Port, the 1st Limassol Industrial Zone and two major commercial developments: the City of Dreams Mediterranean integrated resort and the My Mall shopping centre. The Plant, which will eventually be capable of serving 65,000 residents, carries out primary, secondary and tertiary wastewater treatment. Its design took into consideration the need to reduce noise and odour to a minimum or even zero and was based on the membrane technology used in tertiary treatment.

PROJECTS UNDER PROGRESS

Contract E10: This project concerns the design, construction and operation of Pumping Station Z in the area of the New Harbour, with a cost of €6 million. The pumping station will serve the west areas of Limassol, such as Zakaki and Agios Spyridonas, as well as the major commercial developments of the Casino and My Mall. The project is expected to be completed within 2022.

Contract E17: This project concerns the construction of the Sewerage system network in the Communities of Pyrgos and Pareklissia, at a cost of approximately €16 million. The contribution of SBLA was 10% and the contribution of the Government and/or European funds was 90%.

City Centre Works - Contract F8

These works concern the construction of rain-water drainage culverts on Navarinou, Agia Fylaxeos, N.P. Laniti, Thessaloniki and other streets in the area of ​​the city centre. The studies and the design have been prepared in 2014 in collaboration with the Municipality of Limassol, the Department of Public Works and SBLA and were re-examined by the Consulting Engineers, in order to reduce the runoff beyond the area of ​​the Castle to Anexartisias Street. The works are expected to begin in early 2022, the duration will be 20 months and the estimated cost of the project will be around €7 million.

Sewerage System on Refugee Housing Estates (Contract F1)

The Sewerage Board of Limassol-Amathus (SBLA) published a tender for the construction of a public sewerage system for the following nine (9) Refugee Housing Estates in the broader urban and suburban areas of Limassol:

• Mouttayiaka self-housing estate
• Ayia Fyla self-housing estate
• Pano Polemidia (Karmiotissa) self-housing estate
• Kato Polemidia self-housing estate (West of Nikaia Street)
• Kato Polemidia self-housing estate (East of Nikaia Street)
• Ayios Nicolaos refugee housing estate
• Ayios Ioannis refugee housing estate
• Ayios Spyridon refugee housing estate
• Omonia Estate refugee housing estate

Following its appraisal of the submitted bids, the SBLA awarded the tender to the MEDCON -TEKAL (F1) JV consortium. The contract was signed between the SBLA and the successful consortium on 15 September 2023.

The contract is worth €12.8 million, plus VAT. The cost of construction of the public sewerage system for the housing estates within municipal areas will be covered by funds of the Department of Town Planning & Housing, while for those in villages the cost will be covered by the Water Development Department. The administrative cost of the project will be borne by the SBLA.

Construction work will start in mid-February 2024 and is expected to take 30 months. The project includes the construction of a total network of approximately 44 km and will serve over 3,200 residences.

At the same time, the SBLA is preparing to publish a separate tender for the construction of private sewerage systems within the residences and work on these is expected to start during 2024 and be completed within 36 months. The entire cost of the construction contract will be covered by the Department of Town Planning & Housing.

Scheduled Projects

Contract E19: Sewerage project in the Community of Palodia

This project concerns the construction of the Sewerage Network in the community of Palodia. The starting date of the Contract for the Consulting Engineers services was set on October 12, 2021 with a total duration of 53 months. The Consulting Engineers of the project are the Consortium “Roikos Engineering Consultants SA - K. Zeris – P. Antonaropoulos and Associates Ltd”. The construction works are expected to start by mid-March 2023 and the expected cost will be €6 million.

Sewerage project at the Kourion Complex

This project concerns the construction of the Sewerage System in the Municipality of Ypsonas and the Communities of Kolossi, Erimi, Trachoni, Episkopi, Cerkez Tsiflik, Asomatos and Akrotiri.

The implementation of the Project falls within the obligations of the Republic of Cyprus for compliance with Directive 91/271 / EEC for the treatment of urban waste water and was assigned to SBLA by the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment.

The procurement for assigning Consulting Engineers has already been announced.

Retention Lake in Agios Athanasios 

This project concerns the creation of retention lake in Agios Athanasios area.