If there are no local leaders with vision, if there are no City Councils working together so that policies are adopted beyond and away from expediency, if there are no municipal leaders who work together and seek cooperation, and a government that tends a sympathetic ear to the problems they face, you realize that it is difficult or impossible to get projects done.
If there is something I want to highlight is the close cooperation between local government, I am talking in general, but also specifically about my friend Mayor George Takka and his City Council, who through vision and precedent, set goals, persevered and made it happen, as a result, of course, of fiscal management on the part of the Government, to have today infrastructure projects, cutting-edge projects, whether they concern road networks or public buildings, which are absolutely necessary to improve the lives of citizens, the cost of which exceeds five billion euros.
Therefore, I feel really happy because these days, as an account of my work by touring around Cyprus, I have the opportunity to inaugurate important projects, to inspect equally important projects under execution, such as road networks that have been pending for decades and which are under construction.
For the free province of Famagusta alone, the cost of the projects exceeds 150 million euros. I would like to point out that the present project will significantly contribute to the improvement of the quality of services offered by the Municipality, while the rest of the projects that are being implemented, such as the Sotiras - Deryneia road, the coastal front, will give the other dimension to the capabilities of the Municipality on its own to carry out projects.
I would like to point out that the present project will significantly contribute to the improvement of the quality of services offered by the Municipality, while the rest of the projects that are being implemented, such as the Sotiras - Deryneia road, the coastal front, will give the other dimension to the capabilities of the Municipality on its own to carry out projects. And I am sure that the next Governments will now have a high net of obligations towards the citizens, so that they will not fall short of the obligations of the central state towards the local governments.
(PM/MB/SX)
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