Marsa bridge reopened for pedestrians

Christopher Grech

Apr 26th 2010, 14:27

A proper ADT and Police coordination should exist in matters like this.

Shutting down Malta's Southern main road artery for hours, without alternative options, shows that we do not have brains when something spontaneous like this happens.

Can ADT and Police take note?

You may plan in advance certain issues.

Pierre Cachia

Apr 25th 2010, 12:12

Wara li rajna x'gara l-kongestjoni giet u tigi dejjem minhabba l-fatt li ma jittiehdux prekawzjoni mehtiega li it-traffiku ma jithallihx jingemha imbghad jigi iddevjat.. Malta ghandna habta kif min Zewg jew Tliet lanes jinzlu ghal single lane u tinduna hekk kif tasal max xoghlijiet, inutli li jkollok warden jew membru tas sigurta.. innutaw!! kemm indumu nistennew biex wiehed icedi li l-iehor biex nigi f'lane wahda... li jehtieg hu bhal pajjizi ohra! possibli hadd ma jinnota meta nsiefru.. li min hafna l-boghod tnizzel ghal karregjata mehtiega u tara kif it-traffiku jimxi

J Borg

Apr 25th 2010, 11:14

mur gibu waqa il bridge, kieku fil karozzi konna norqdu : - )

Ivan Visanich

Apr 25th 2010, 08:37

It took me 2 hours just to get from Gzira to Birzebbuga.We were all beng diverted to narrower secondary roads and no police or wardens were present to manage the traffic flow.It is a complete disaster just because one road was closed for a few hours all this chaos on our roads ..... Unlike last week,when the pope was here,most major roads were closed yet not a drop of traffic jam anywhere,this goes on to show that we're treated as second class citizens ....

R Abela

Apr 24th 2010, 21:56

Such incidents should rise eyebrows on whoever is managing our country.

Are we prepared, trained and equiped for national natural disasters? Is there an emergency plan prepared in case of an eartquake or a tsunami?

What happened yesterday gives us an answer - we do not even have a simple traffic diversion plan which could be adopted immediately should one of our arterial roads get closed let alone something major as a natural disaster.

We are simply a nation of dilettanti and unless we are all (including myself) going to change our mentality it's useless projecting on ourselves political slogans such as Vizjoni 2015 or lookin forward to for the Presidency of the EU in 2017.

After yesterday's incident - which was not an accident but abbusive ignorance the least I expected to see on the news was the driver being arraigned in court with urgency. But this is Malta!

Deo Catania

Apr 24th 2010, 20:45

Ghamlu ghageb shih ghax inbarax naqra l-bridge, lanqas haqq il-panic li holqu.

Paul Caruana

Apr 24th 2010, 20:04

As has already been remarked, we need to learn from this incident. I would say that the relevant authorities in Malta should plan to organise a series of high level meetings over the coming months.

The objectives:

1. Identify the most critical Maltese main roads (there are not that many), then go over them bit by bit, and draw up detailed plans for alternative parallel routes to use when specific chunks of said roads are suddenly blocked.

2. Such plans would be in the hands of the police/civil protection unit, who would immediately spring into action once another major road crisis strikes, only this time they would know beforehand how to reroute traffic.

J. Buhagiar

Apr 24th 2010, 19:48

Min hu dak li l-bierah ha decizjonijiet biex jinghalqu hafna toroq li ma kellhomx jinghalqu?
Min hu responsabbli ghad-dizastru li sar il-bierah?
Min ser ihallas tal-petrol li nhela ghal xejn?
Kieku flok inghalqu hafna toroq, traffiku lejn il-Belt kien jigi mdawwar min naha tac-cimiterju tat-torok u traffiku lejn in-naha t'isfel kienu idawwruh mid dahla li hemm mal genb tat-triq li tghaddi min hdejn Albert Town.
Jien m hiniex xi espert, imma l-esperti ghamlu hmerijiet kbar il-bierah u hadd ma ha responsabilita.

Mike Farrugia

Apr 24th 2010, 19:28

Ma nafx x'qed jigri f'dan il-pajjiz imma kull darba li jinqala xi haga, irid bill-fors jiggammja l-pajjiz kollu.

R Axisa

Apr 24th 2010, 18:55

@J Tonna
Lanqas nistghu nserrhu rasna fuq il-mobile phones, ghax waqt dak il-chaos kollu, ghal xi hinijiet anki s-servizz tal-mobile kien iggamjat!

David Muscat

Apr 24th 2010, 17:23

Big chaos on the island to install 4 mtrs. chiken wire as a precaution!! Where are the policeman and all wardens with all the so called sophisticated systems you have. No one appeared on the road yesterday. Three hours to arrive from Msida to Zurrieq. Disney Land with no fun at all!!!

e fenech

Apr 24th 2010, 16:58

Will the driver be charged?

J.Tonna

Apr 24th 2010, 16:55

The fact that that incident caused so much chaos in the major part of Malta, especially in the South, shows that we are not well organised, as yet.

First of all an alternative routes to major roads such as Aldo Moro Street should be prepared for such eventualities. Anything can happen at anytime.

Secondly, nowadays nearly every motorist has a radio in his car, had all the Maltese Radio stations alerted us not to use that road, a lot of suffering would have been avoided. Also with the help of Mobile Telephone service providers, all Cell phone owners may have been alerted too - and the it is up to us to alert each other. We know how news spread in Malta.

I hope that the ADT will take note.