Paphos traffic is backing up during peak times and holidays but according to the chief of traffic police,Zinnon Psathities,along with the help of local authorities they are tackling the problem.Psathities agreed that the problem occurs mostly during the morning and lunchtime ruch hour,but that the situation has been somewhat eased through the re-adjustment of traffic lights.He also underlined that Paphos drivers must be held partially to blame as the attitude of local road users can be haphazard and insensitive.

The mayor of Paphos Savvas Vergas commented that the completion of the second and third phases of the ring road around the town would go a long way towards easing the traffic flow problem,as would the construction of a roundabout in the area of Petrida.The mayor stressed that this would solve the problem for drivers using the ‘viofos' junction,which is of particular concern to residents of Mesoyi,Emba and Tala communities.This junction is often backed up with traffic and is a slow moving exit onto the main mesoyi road which connects central Paphos with Polis Chrysochous.