The Valletta Alive Foundation has expressed its agreement with the government's strategy to reduce traffic flowing to Valletta and Floriana.

The foundation has proposed the setting up of a committee to monitor the level of accessibility and pricing and notes that a number of streets in Valletta should be pedestrianised.

This is subject to the proviso that the park and ride scheme is well managed and the price for park and ride will be reasonable, it said.

The foundation said that the government's strategy for Valletta will resolve the long-standing problem of the open-air market in Merchants Street which is to be relocated elsewhere.

The foundation has urged the government to take a no-nonsense approach to the implementation of the scheme on matters relating to the removal of reserved parking, the proper sizing of the open air market stalls and the authentication of Valletta residents.

There is the risk, the foundation argued, that if the price for customers using the system is too high, the scheme could be counterproductive with Valletta becoming less accessible.

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