Karozzini have to go, ADT insists

The Malta Transport Authority (ADT) this morning filed a reply to an application for a warrant of prohibitory injunction filed by horse-drawn cab karozzini owners to stop the ADT from relocating their stand in Palace Square Valletta.

The ADT is arguing that the cabs have to move the for the government to implement a public project in St George’s Square. The horse-drawn cabs were incompatible with a pedestrian zone due to inconveniences they created in the form of smells and dangers.

It said it believed the cabs would cause congestion inside Valletta and there had to be a balance between a tourist attraction and practical needs.

For this reason the authority wanted to establish routes from where the cabs could pass and show tourists the panorama of the city.

ADT was also planning to set up various shelters to serve as protection for the animals around Valletta, it said.