When entering one's home is a gamble

For residents of Triq Patri Matthew Sultana in Kalkara, getting into their homes is a daily gamble.

The road is still a ditch, lacks lighting and residents are worried the situation will get worse with the rains when it fills with water.

Angela Mizzi, who submitted the above photo, told timesofmalta.com she had written to the authorities about the situation but her pleas seemed to have fallen on deaf ears, as she did not receive any replies.

She decided to take the matter to the press when a Mater Dei appointment for her four-year-old son was not delivered by the postman because “the road is blocked”.

Mrs Mizzi said that although they had been given their apartment two years ago, the key was not given to them at the time because of the dangers.

Although the situation did not change, they were presented with the key a year ago. “If the road was dangerous two years ago, what has changed now?” she wondered.

She is now also worried that when road works will be taken in hand, residents will suffer damages in their homes since hard stone still had to be quarried.