Limassol DLGO sounds alarm over 1,000 unsafe buildings as development boom continues

The Limassol District Local Government Organisation has identified around 1,000 unsafe buildings across the district and is calling for stronger legal powers to deal with them, its General Manager said, as the city continues to record intense construction activity.

Socrates Metaxas told Phileleftheros that the DLGO inherited approximately 700 dangerous buildings from previous authorities when it took over responsibility for the area. A survey since then has pushed the total to around 1,000. Of...