Residential roads

Much has been said and promised by all those concerned regarding the re-construction of Luqa Briffa Street, in Gzira. Correspondence by the minister way back in July 2005 had even said that instructions had been given to the Malta Transport Authority...

Much has been said and promised by all those concerned regarding the re-construction of Luqa Briffa Street, in Gzira. Correspondence by the minister way back in July 2005 had even said that instructions had been given to the Malta Transport Authority (ADT) to issue a call for tenders for works to start.

As everyone can see from the photo, to date no works at all have taken place and the condition has only worsened. 

The ADT took over seven months just to issue such a call for tenders and another two months for the adjudication to take place. We are in the 11th month since the minister issued instructions but this street remains extremely unsafe.

Do we have to wait a whole year and more for such hazardous roads to be reconstructed and ultimately made secure?

One comes to only two conclusions: either the ADT, with its present workforce, is not capable of having an efficient and fast process, or else, it lacks the motivation to hasten the reconstruction of such residential roads which the whole country and its citizens are in desperate need of.

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