Community leaders from the eight communities affected by plans to relocate an asphalt plant from Dali to the Mitsero area are scheduled to meet President Nikos Christodoulides at 5pm on Monday, 9 November.
Speaking to Politis, Mitsero community leader Andreas Papanastasiou said representatives will urge the president to reverse the relocation decision, arguing that the area is already facing serious environmental pressures that have repeatedly been brought to the attention of the authorities.
According to Papanastasiou, issues raised during previous meetings with the president remain unresolved, while the area continues to bear a heavy burden from existing industrial activities.
Communities seek reversal of decision
The affected communities oppose the relocation, arguing that the addition of another industrial facility would further burden an area that already hosts quarries, slaughterhouses and other installations.
Their main demand at Monday's meeting will be for the relocation decision to be overturned and for an alternative site to be identified.
In the meantime, work related to the relocation has been temporarily suspended following presidential intervention, pending the outcome of the meeting with community representatives.
Machinery remains at the site, but no decision has been taken to permanently cancel the project.
Main appeal still pending
The issue has repeatedly been before the courts.
On 5 February 2026, the Administrative Court dismissed an appeal by the eight communities against the planning permit for the relocation.
In June, the Administrative Court of Appeal rejected an application to suspend implementation of the permit pending the appeal hearing.
A further development followed on 15 October, when the Supreme Constitutional Court rejected an application by the community councils seeking permission for a third-level appeal, ruling that the legal requirements had not been met.
However, the communities' main appeal against the planning permit remains pending before the Administrative Court of Appeal.
As part of their campaign, residents held a protest outside the Supreme Court on 24 September, while community representatives have also expressed their intention to take the matter to a European court.
