Spat in Limassol after bus station demolished

Limassol bus company, Emel, on Monday is looking to file a complaint with police and take legal action against the municipality, who they said suddenly demolished a structure without warning over the weekend.

The building had been built on privately owned land that had been previously expropriated by the municipality and the state. Emel said they had been able to get permission to use the area on a semi-permanent basis until a more permanent bus station was built.

Speaking to the Cyprus Mail, a spokesman from Emel confirmed that the structure had been around for 14 months, and that it had been built after receiving the proper permission with mega blocks or environmentally friendly concrete blocks.

The structure the spokesman said was semi-permanent and could have been moved with proper warning from the municipality.

However, on Sunday that municipality decided to out of the blue to demolish the structure, without informing the company.

According to the municipality, the piece of land is municipal property which was acquired after expropriation and for the purpose of creating cultural and social infrastructure, the announcement said.

The Limassol municipality also said that although it strongly supports the development of public transport and the enhancement of bus use, it could not tolerate the unauthorised construction and use of property belonging to the city’s residents, intended for use for other cultural and social purposes, by a private company.