City Gate kiosks must form part of a plan

Being a Valletta resident I buy goods which I happen to need from City Gate kiosks most Sunday mornings. I must admit it is a nightmare, walking round those kiosks, but more so because of the broken-down pavements and tree roots rising out of the ground.

The overflow from the kiosks of course contributes its share to the danger. When it rains everything is a threat to life and limb. Do we have to wait till Doomsday to have decent pavements? Why not re-organise the kiosks? I would have them all re-built as lean-to(s) against the bastion walls.

Another idea, if quite a daring one, would be to build these kiosks/shops along the present bridge, on both sides, one beside the other, with doors on the street side and windows overlooking the ditch.

In a few words, we would have the same pattern as Ponte Vecchio in Florence, where there are shops overlooking the river on both sides of the bridge. All must agree that Ponte Vecchio is a marvel... so I must be dreaming!

But dreams apart, why does someone competent not take up this idea and incorporate it in a plan for our "new" city entrance? I am sure we would have less of an eyesore than the present one.