Dingli Street traffic hazard

Please allow me to bring to the attention of the Sliema local council and presumably the Malta Transport Authority the very precarious situation at the bottom end of Sir Adrian Dingli Street, in Sliema.

Drivers coming along Tower Road from the Balluta side turn to join Dingli Street at this precise blind corner where drivers coming down Dingli Street expect to join Tower Road. This is a traffic arrangement that will surely lead to a fatal accident. It is not a question of if but of when.

The last thing a distracted or unaware driver would expect when coming down Dingli Street is that the road suddenly becomes one-way for the last few metres. Authorities will protest that there are no-entry signs on either side of Dingli Street and that road markings direct the driver to turn at the corner with Windsor Terrace. However, one of the signs is not pointing towards the driver, the markings are now practically faded, and the oncoming driver will read the traffic island at the end of the road as meaning that the road is two-way. And, honestly, no one in his right mind would expect this arrangement.

At least 20 per cent of drivers coming down Dingli Street do not notice that they are driving along a one-way stretch. They are even less aware that cars will be turning in from Tower Road, usually at a speed to avoid oncoming traffic.

Please do something before it is too late.