THE LONG-AWAITED Solomou Square bus terminal was finally delivered and officially inaugurated on Friday by Mayor Eleni Mavrou and Communications Minister Efthymios Flourentzos.

“Today is a special moment for our city and for urban public transport,” said Mavrou, adding that the completion of the project was the answer to the city’s contemporary needs.

The €4.8 million bus terminal is now fully functional and open to cars, buses and pedestrians alike.

Work began in September 2010. It was originally meant to be completed last month.

Solomou Square “as we know it today is not even comparable to the one we knew a year ago,” said Flourentzos. He said it was no longer “a mess of buses, cars and pedestrians” all in one place.