Time-controlled parking

Peter Xuereb must be a very happy man. You managed to publish his diatribe against the Pietà council's executive secretary twice (June 27 and July 1) under different headings.

Unfortunately, his arguments did not hold water the first time and still do not convince me the second time. Time-controlled parking is a fact of life. Why should residents of high-traffic density areas not get preference over visitors? Why should they not find parking reasonably close to their homes because they happen to live in an area that attracts heavy traffic? Why does Mr Xuereb think a park and ride system is being introduced for visitors to Floriana and Valletta? Why does Mr Xuereb think that residents of Qui-Si-Sana are resisting the proposed development of the garden?

As a keen observer and critic of local councils, I must congratulate the Pietà council on their planning. In case nobody noticed, before embarking on their time-controlled parking project, they first introduced a 375-vehicle car park over three years ago for hospital visitors and staff and a 150-vehicle car park within St Luke's Hospital in May. That is good planning and if they will not blow their own trumpet, I'll do it for them.