Valletta Road reopened after €4.4m rebuild
Valletta Road, the main road which leads to Zurrieq, was officially reopened this evening after a €4.4 million rebuilding. €3.6 million were paid for from EU funds.
Roads Minister Austin Gatt welcomed the fact that the works were completed six weeks ahead of schedule and on budget. He said the road was safer in that it was better lit and the surface was of better quality.
Dr Gatt said that since Malta joined the EU, €40m had been invested on arterial roads such as this as well as distributor roads. With the completion of the road to Marsascala and Valletta Road, the focus would now swing to Garibalidi and Council of Europe roads in Luqa, Marfa Road, Mellieha, another section of the road between Ghajnsielem and Victoria and the first phase of the road from Marsa to the sea passenger terminal.
Preparations were also being made for works on the Mellieha bypass at Ta 'Penellu and an underpass from December 13 Road to Marsa Creek.
Studies were also being made on improving the Kappara junction and the coast road.
Dr Gatt said that in the case of roads in residential areas, some 260 roads from a list of roads which were to have been started by the end of 2008 still had to be completed. A further 140 streets would be built by the middle of next year.
€4m were also being spent this year on road patching, the minister said.
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K FARRUGIA
Jul 29th 2010, 17:52
lets for once be positive about when things are done well. this is a good example of how things should be done - up to high quality standard, on schedule and above all on budget. for all those who always see things from their political spectacles, at least for this time, shut up!!!
Eric Frendo
Jul 29th 2010, 01:58
government should get help from EU to teach us to stop moaning about everything that happens!
Vicki Soler
Jul 29th 2010, 10:10
Prosit well said. So many people are always moaning and groaning and not realizing what a lot is being done.
George Azzopardi
Jul 29th 2010, 12:14
@Vicki Soler .. the problem is that what is being done is the too little too late of what should have been done. Pity we have so many people who are so politically blind that they do not realize how inefficiently out tax money is being used!
Moreover, since when is criticizing being called moaning or should we continue be rumbled over with no sign of resistance.
joe gatt
Jul 29th 2010, 13:48
@George Azzoppardi
Totally agree with you, about time someone did some research too.
The tax payer thru the VAT system is still paying out, for smooth surfaces, the difference being, there may be presently more accountability.
This particular road at some point in time had been resurfaced with Tarmac, at the time millions were spent on roads, some of which lasted only a few weeks. Maybe we should also be told, how much of our tax money was spent previously. Still say quality matters, we our being double charged for work which should not have been done right the first time.
To what extent is the consumer (tax payer) protected. Who is accountable for the present state of Malta`s roads, thus waste of public funds? What possibility is there that the tax payer gets a refund? About time we did.
George Azzopardi
Jul 28th 2010, 16:07
I can still remember bill boards from 1998 election saying that this road would be rebuilt from Italian Protocol funds. Now please remember that at the time, the road was already in disasterous state. Today, 12 years later the road is finished with the help of EU funds.
I can't help myself in saying that it is about time that this road was finally rebuilt (more than a decade late) !! Is this what we call an efficient Government!
R.Gauci
Jul 28th 2010, 19:20
No A Smart Goverment ! :)
RGatt
Jul 28th 2010, 16:04
The govt. subsidized the buying of bicycles, then making another brand new raad without bicycle lanes. WHY? What a God forsaken country we live in.
P.Grima
Jul 28th 2010, 16:03
What really impressed me besides the excellent workmanship is the neat little plaque commemorating the inauguration of the road. It merely stated 'Triq Valletta ,Zurrieq'. No pomp no frills. I hope the lead given by Austin Gatt is followed by all.
eric saliba
Jul 28th 2010, 15:56
@ mario pandolfino. ara ftit ir-risposta moghtija fil-parlament dwar kemm gibna flus mill-EU u kemm hallasna fl-2008. taf kemm kienet id-differenza??? miljun u nofs liri maltin!!
M.Gauci
Jul 28th 2010, 16:05
Ma tafx fuq xiex qieghed titkellem sihbi. Lanqas tal-labour (il-partit) ma ghandhom jghidu dac-cucati, min zmien Sant. Illum jammettu li d-dhul ta Malta mil-EU huwa overall (u mhux xghar b'xghar) hafna izjjed mill Malta tikkontrubwixxi.
joe gatt
Jul 28th 2010, 15:44
A well known politician, was once overheard saying,
`If I build a large structure with just one tiny covered window, so that no Sunlight entered, then should I lock all the Maltese people inside this space, let them be in total darkness for a couple of decades, they`ll get acclimatized.
Should I open the window one day and let the light in, the Maltese in amazement would say ` ohh how magnificent this light is, how kind and generous of him (the politician) to let us see Sunlight`.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for providing us with such a nice and smooth road.
K. Spiteri
Jul 28th 2010, 15:13
No use complaining- all will fall on deaf ears. Isn't the Luqa to Qormi Road an example --they never learn or there is no money to expropiate the fields and build a proper road -- before we used to have governments biulding roads on clay now we have SOME decent road building but only on single lane - where there were two lanes they built them on two lanes. It is no FUNDS and that's it -- too bad if there are casualties and believe me there will be - most probably it will not be anyone of relation to who designed and condoned this type of road.
I for one will avoid this road as much as I can.
No use trying to teach the slow moving drivers or the road maniacs - - after all I am sure they will not be reading our comments.
sandro lapira
Jul 28th 2010, 14:46
Bhal dejjem poplu jgor jgor u jgor,ma jaf xi jrid...Triq mharbta,mfarka u mkisra jgor u triq EUROPE STANDARD li sa ftiet ilu konna narawa fuq it TV jgor ukoll..HALLIHOM HA JOLEW IL PREZZIJIET ghax jekk jorhsu ngorru xorta.....
joe scerri
Jul 28th 2010, 13:09
I have just passed through this road, there are a number of quarry exits into this road and the freshly laid tarmac is already covered in dust and stone debris since the trucks tyres are not washed before entering the road. This will soon be followed by patches of concrete as overlowing concrete mixers start zooming through.
C Zammit
Jul 28th 2010, 12:58
Speed cameras please before it's too late! As my mother used to say "Better 5 minutes late than dead on time"!
A Sammut
Jul 28th 2010, 12:24
NO CYCLE LANE!!!!
Edward Mallia
Jul 28th 2010, 12:21
It looks like there's something missing ... oh right we forgot a cycle lane!
Thanks for thinking about us TM!
Joseph Schembri
Jul 28th 2010, 12:35
@ Prof Mallia: there is a cycle lane of sorts. It is a depressed kerb which I suppose can be used by cyclists. Meanwhile I urge all cyclists to please cycle in single file when they are in a group - cyclists two or more abreast are a danger to themselves and to others.
Tom Engerer
Jul 28th 2010, 12:54
@ Prof:Schembri
That's called a hard shoulder.. and should never be used by cyclists. Its there to be used in emergencies.. such as when a police car or an ambulance is passing.
A cycle lane exists or doesn't exist.. You can't have a cycle lane of sorts.
Its a lack of foresight from TM!
A Sammut
Jul 28th 2010, 12:59
@Joseph Schembri:
it shows you don't ride a bicycle... you can't cycle in a kerb - even more dangerous than cycling on the road... cyclelanes should be tarmaced and wide
S. Agius Vella
Jul 28th 2010, 13:02
Yesterday I was driving up the road in Bahar ic-Caghaq and I had five cyclists near me. They kept coming in and out in the middle of the road infront of my car. I was not sure what to do, whether use the horn, try to surpass them or something else. They didn't care of the traffic coming from the cost road and kept cycling as they liked. As soon as I managed to pass them I saw from the mirror that they began cycling in the middle of the road leaving all those vehicles behind them waiting. I call this irresponsibility and then we always blame the driver. Can't they stay on the side in a single way. Although in some roads authorities try to think of everything, we maltese people tend to do always whatever we like irrespective of anything. Same argument applies to those who drive too slowly urging others to surpass them thus causing accidents. Not everyone can keep the speedometer on 30, some people may have a busy lifestyle. I believe that maltese roads permit more than 30km/h.
Edward Mallia
Jul 28th 2010, 13:28
@Mr. Schembri
From your own post:
1. "a cycle lane of sorts"
2. "depressed kerb which I suppose can be used by cyclists"
I think that's the problem, cyclists need to makeshift with whatever is on the road. Depressed kerbs, hard shoulders, and the oh so famous cycle lane ON the pavement.
Steve Giordano Imbroll
Jul 28th 2010, 14:32
What cycle lane? are we kidding? I am a cyclist and I would have to cycle nearly in the middle of the road because Maltese drivers dont know how to over take a cyclist and usually end up hitting the cyclist ( happened to me) when I used to give space to drivers... so well done for the great roads...but disappointed in not promoting cycling lane...
Joseph Schembri
Jul 28th 2010, 22:14
Prof Edward Mallia: I understand your predicament as an ardent cyclist who has traversed Europe on his bike. The only option I see for a bicycle lane in Valletta road Zurrieq is tarmacking over of precious agricultural land trough which the road cuts through. Do you really want to sacricifice more land? As one of Malta's most respected environmentalists you must surely appreciate that one of our most serious environmental problems is the eating up of countryside. Even though agricultural land is not considered to be a 'natural' habitat I am sure that you prefer it over tarmac. Meanwhile I see no harm in using the concrete hard shoulder of Valletta road as a bicycle lane.
J FARRUGIA
Jul 28th 2010, 12:06
Why is the road not 2 lanes on both sides?
With a single lane there will be more traffic not only but I predict a fatal accident in the next few months
Malcolm Agius
Jul 28th 2010, 12:20
You are right Mr Farrugia! I can only add that there are still stop signs to exit and no emergency lanes!
let the accidents begin!
David Gatt
Jul 28th 2010, 12:05
1 road ready and thousands still in such an ancient state. At this pace maltese roads will never be any better.
We don't care about fees and expenses, we were promised that with joining the EU we would have decent roads but we're still stuck with the horrible state of the roads that we've known for centuries.
And bringing chairs and champagne to celebrate ONE ROAD is not helping.
S. Agius
Jul 28th 2010, 11:33
Bicca xoghol sabiha kieku u kien hemm bzonnha imma ma hasbux kemm hemm bzonn fid-drivers. Id-drivers li ihallsu balla licenzji u insurances hallewhom minghajr post fejn ibiddlu puncture, u minghajr x'imkien decenti fejn dawk li jridu johorgu skampanjata f'nofs it-triq nhar ta hadd jahsbu li hadd ma jmur ghax-xoghol ghax il-hadd, jistghu jersqu minn nofs. Jippruvaw jaghmlu il-hajja tad-drivers dejjem aktar mizerja imbaghad noqghodu naqtaw il-pagi tan nies ghax jaslu tard. Barra minn malta toroq fihom hames lanes u aktar u hawnhekk triq ta zewg lanes ingibuha wahda. Nahseb xi hadd irid jghid lil l-awtoritajiet fuq kemm hawn nies jorqdu fuq l-istering u ma jimpurtahhomx minn min forsi qieghed f'emergenza u jrid jaggel. Gieli tispicca issuq ma nafx kemm fuq second biss minhabba xi rieqed d'idejh imdendla minn got - tieqa.
Saviour Sam Agius
Jul 28th 2010, 11:28
What's the point in building new roads from scratch and leaving bike lanes out? This is pure nonsense.
Joe Gatt
Jul 28th 2010, 11:23
A nice road but couldn't we find a better name for it? How many Valletta Roads do we have already in Malta?
A cycle lane would have been nice as well, but as we all know most cycle lanes are useless; overgrown bushes waving in your face, gutter grills below tarmac level, glass shards from old traffic accidents etc. I have come to prefer roads without cycle lanes so that I can cycle in the good part of the road!
Transport Malta keep up the good work of refurbishing Maltese roads! We really need them!
Carmen Cassar
Jul 28th 2010, 10:55
Alla jbierek, triq ohra Dejjaqnija, mela jkollna toroq wiesajn u sbieh u nicceknuhom! Vera progress ta - jew bilhaqq tiffrankaw il flus ghax tahlu inqas Tarmac?
Duane Grech
Jul 28th 2010, 11:07
@Carmen Cassar
F'dan il- kas, din it- triq kin hemm bzonn ghalfejn it triq idejquwa. Ghamlu bankina bix in nies jistaw jimxu u anke traffic lights, halli tkuwn inqas ta periklu al dawk n- nies li jaqsmu triq fosthom tfal li imorru il- ground tal- footbal taz- Zurrieq.
Minflokk nifirhu ghax lestew triq fil hin Malta , naraw kif namlu bix niktritikaw!
Saviour Sam Agius
Jul 28th 2010, 11:29
Fiha ħafna x'tikkritika, għax triq arterjali bla post għar-roti hija dagħwa llum il-ġurnata.
darren gatt
Jul 28th 2010, 10:49
Lovely another single lane main road done without the motorist needs in mind. the first car breaking down or accident on this new stretch of road will cause havoc and more traffic jams!!
Elaine Camilleri
Jul 28th 2010, 10:42
Dear Mr Cardona - who told you those pavements will not be used - as a matter of fact those people like me who love to jog along the karwija road - which is rather unsafe - have found this pavement a haven! both myself and my son love this particular strip of road since its almost Homogeneous. The only comment I would like to make is please those concerned at "doggie poo" disposal containers so that people walking along with their dogs can keep the pavement litter free!
J.Vassallo
Jul 28th 2010, 11:52
Ms. Camilleri
While I see what you mean and praise you for leading a healthy lifestyle (assuming you wear a mask not to inhale the toxic car fumes), I do also understand the other arguments against 1 lane roads.
What will happen now, is that tampers will fly, maverics will do the usual bravado and overtake on the other side of the road to avoid driving after a slow moving menace, hit an on coming car, lose control, mount the pavement and maime joggers like you, apart from killing the on coming car driver and passengers.
You just wait and see, the road will soon be choc a block full of marble plaque in rememberance of the various victims who were either walking on the pavement and crushed to their death by an oncoming car or victims of traffic accidents.
The bottom line culprit? Newly designed, narrow, 1 lane interconnecting roads. Such a major throughfare to a large town should never be designed with 1 lane roads in my opinion. Just wait for Sunday's with inching traffic and the hooligans driving on the other side othe road.
Enjoy your safe jog.
Adrian Cardona
Jul 28th 2010, 10:12
The first freeze-frame says it all....one slow car and a traffic jam already building up behind it. Massive pavements no-one will really use, no bicycle lane, no emergency stop bays, narrow single lanes....the usual suspects. No wonder tempers fray; this country is becoming a heaven for all those Sunday drivers and truckers who take pleasure in crawling along and holding up everyone else who has got a life. L-aqwa il-plakka tleqq imma.....
Signed:another moaner who doesn't swallow all that he's fed.
Jesmond Micallef
Jul 28th 2010, 10:09
Very nice work indeed. Congratulations.
raphael stafrace
Jul 28th 2010, 09:32
a job well done
i m a resident of naxxar and there are 4 arterial roads
two leading from mosta to naxxar and vice versa
one leading from kinds showroom to the village square
one leading from gs supermarket to san gwann
these three major roads are not in a bad state but moonlike state used frequently by thousands of motorists EACH DAY.i listened closely to mr gatt and till 2012 there is no chance that these roads will be re done in that case imagine what these roads will be like during these time.god have mercy on our cars and backs
mario pandolfino
Jul 28th 2010, 08:56
Mela din it-triq weheda giet tiswa 4.4 miljun Euro.3.6 miljun minhom thalsu mil EU.Mela mhux kif kien qal Dr Alfred Sant li Malta kull ma sejra tiehu mil EU huma 1.5 . Dik kienet ic-cajta tas sena.
Fabian Borg
Jul 28th 2010, 11:33
Ghax ma tarax x`qed naghtu ahna lil EU.
Dazju Migbur min Malta qed imur kullu Brussels per ezempju.
U hemm izjed..
J Fenech
Jul 28th 2010, 08:45
As if there aren't alrready plenty of those one-eyed robbers around! Why are the pavements at some points wider than the carriageway itself?? the war against motorists shows no signs of abating
ant pace
Jul 28th 2010, 08:39
Ok so Valletta Road Zurrieq is ready and it looks nice. But what about Valletta Road Paola? Anyone remembers where this road is? It s the road that takes you to the civil prison and the road that from Marsa takes you to Paola. It s quite a wide road or was a wide road, but for some reason probably everyone knows was reduced practicaly into an alley. It looks more like a parking area for visitors and workers in that area especially the prisons rather than a road. And what about the surface. In some places the pavement that was made some years ago is 1 foot or more below the street level can you beleive that? I don t know who is responsible for this if its the local council or the government. All I know is that it is a disgrace of a road and it is also a disgrace for who left it like that. Is the parliamentary secretery Jason Azoppardi doing something about it?
JAFarrugia
Jul 28th 2010, 08:39
To all those asking for a speed camera, are you the ones doodling at 25kph in the middle of the road, this is the reason most accidents happen, idiots driving without a care or consideration for anyone.
Speed does not kill, slow drivers, careless ones and plain idiots do.
Well done for the road, the broken lines and no speed camera, much appreciated by proper drivers.
A Delia
Jul 28th 2010, 15:47
I am one of those who is asking for a speed camera. I am not one who doodles along at 25kph in the middle of the road. I am one who drives normally at 60-70kph on a main road. So a speed camera would not affect me in any way. I think that you, JAFarrugia, are one of those who is against speed cameras because he likes to overspeed as much as he likes and whenever he wants and put others' lives in danger without any consideration because he is always in a hurry. Because 'you got a life' ... haa ! A speed camera would affect you, but not me, that's why you're against it. Like you asked, I ask too. Are you one of those moron drivers who is always 'in a hurry' and like to overspeed and overtake in the most unthinkable and dangerous places such as on bends on the coast road? It's people like you who cause head-on collisions and deaths and distress for whole lives. OK if you encounter a frustratingly slow driver in front of you, slow down and then overtake when the road permits and it's safe... further ahead. Otherwise dont!
jafarrugia
Jul 28th 2010, 18:37
No i'm not one of those moron drivers always in a hurry, Speed cameras have been proven throughout the world to be nothing but cash cows, look what happens in Malta they drive fast slow down (nearly causing an accident) and then just speed up again.
Besides you have no idea how i drive so quit the drivel, i'm not a slow driver but im a good and safe one at that. I'll take you for a spin some time if you like to prove it.
simon camilleri
Jul 28th 2010, 08:36
proset it-triq giet hafna ahjar milli kinet almenu.imma il mistoqsija tieghi hi wahda kif kull meta tinbena triq mil-gdid il-bike lane irridu bilfors inhaluha barra?
Carm Ellul
Jul 28th 2010, 08:34
Agree with Rita Axisa.
What is required is some good discipline . Somebody has parked a boat on the pavement about 100mtres down from the petrol station going towards Zurrieq.
This road gathers ALL the rain water of Zurrieq and is renowned for flooding at the first bend from Zurrieq. I hope the surface drainage still caters for this.
Can the traffic light management at the cross road where the Minister gave his speech be explained.
Is it for the traffic coming out of Safi and therefore time managed or for pedestrians who walk from Safi to Mqabba ?
JOHN O SCERRI
Jul 28th 2010, 07:58
A VERY well done to all.
NOW, as usual, it is up to US drivers to use these roads properly otherwise we shall see barriers and speed cameras again.
It will ONLY be our fault .
r ferriggi
Jul 28th 2010, 07:58
A VERY IMPORTANT reminder to whoever is taking care of the Mellieha bypass, Pennellu, Marfa road.
A LANE HAS TO BE CREATED FOR JOGGERS AND CYCLERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
there is no excuse that they had not planned for this,,,,,, in a road as wide as a jumbo jet.
George Debono
Jul 28th 2010, 00:21
Where's the cycle track? :-)
G
C Falzon
Jul 27th 2010, 23:26
..u ergajna minghajr il "bicycle lane"-l-istess ghal triq il-gdida ta M'scala.Jidher it tragedja ta' sena ilu intesit
Stephen Borg Cardona
Jul 27th 2010, 23:21
Safer , my foot ! No wonder the number of mortalities on the road has doubled, with these new roads the only way you can overtake is by going on the wrong side.
Mark Vella Bardon
Jul 27th 2010, 23:15
How lucky that this road is better lit!
Our road was rebuilt two years ago, well behind schedule, the lamp posts were put up just one month ago and we are still waiting for them to be lit !!!
Most of Santa Maria Estate, Mellieha is in pitch darkness ...
Joe M. Anastasi
Jul 27th 2010, 23:12
Well done. Another road repaired, even if I don't know how long it will last.
The comments about speed cameras are getting beyond the joke. Britain is removing cameras because they are useless. If some of the people writing below want to avoid accidents then here are a few tips:
Use your mirrors. Stick to your side - that's the left in Malta in case many still haven't realised. Drive a bit faster so that you don't annoy those behind that prefer to drive at a quicker pace. Don't deliberately obstruct. Don't use your phone, smoke cigarettes, put on your make up, etc whilst driving. Drive with both hands on the wheel.
If you do the above, traffic will flow easier and quicker and you will cause less road rage, which means you will also cause less accidents.
My dear mother always said to me proudly: In 60 years of driving I have never had an accident, to which my reply was always: yes mother, but how many did you cause.
Think about it.
A Delia
Jul 28th 2010, 11:50
Joe M Anastasi . . . .. You said, while commenting against speed cameras .... quote "If some of the people writing below want to avoid accidents then here are a few tips" unquote... and you proceeded to give us the good tips. But the thing is .... it's not WE PEOPLE wrinting below that have to follow these tips - we already follow them ..... its THEM MORONS that are not writing or reading below that have to follow them! So ...... conclusion whether you like it or not ...... speed cameras are the only way to make the Maltese moron drivers slow down (and I don't care about Britain).
Wenzu Vella
Jul 27th 2010, 22:44
The Minister always says how much money Malta gets from the EU, and yet he never says how much Malta’s membership is costing the Maltese taxpayers. Surely the other member states are not giving Malta a free lunch because they like the Maltese so much. Come now Minister it cannot be that easy.
Joseph Vella
Jul 27th 2010, 22:36
Congrats, for making another road for road rage, did anyone notice it is again a single carrageway ?
Joseph mallia
Jul 27th 2010, 22:29
Ma rridx nistema neggattiv imma tad dahk !! Tant ahna mdejqin bil kumplament tat toroq li meta issir triq tajba u kif suppost , noqoghdu nifirhu u nippupaw sidirna biex naqtaw iz zigarelli. Prosit xejn , il poplu ilu zmien jistenna ghal dawn it toroq bi dritt. IVA BID DRITT!!!!! Bhala wiehed mil iktar pajjiz intaxxat ma niprettendix mod iehor. Jew inkella ha noqghodu ndoqqu t trombi ghax lestejna 4 gimghat qabel. ........U zgur li nistaghbu...........ghax imdorrijien mod iehor........Insomma j alla dan l ezempju ...............jibqa jitkaxkar ftit u xi haga tajba terga tirrepeti ruha..!!
V Caruana
Jul 27th 2010, 22:15
Well done to the ministry. It's no amazement that the road had been completed six weeks ahead. They have been working during weekends. public holidays and late evenings. I'm not being a moaner but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Hope is, that heavy rainfalls won't settle down in this road. One question; why part of the pavement is a car's width? Was this done on purpose for viewers to watch fireworks?
Charles Falzon
Jul 27th 2010, 22:01
Nice road. Nice wide pavement, on both sides?! Did you see the traffic piling up behind the slow moving camera double-decker? Other countries boast of 4 lane or more motorways, but not us.
Paul Barrett
Jul 27th 2010, 22:01
I hate to be critical on what is obviously a great leap forward and I have not driven on this road so my comments are based only on what I have seen from the film.
1. The road appears to be flat - i.e., no crown to the centre of the road to encourage water run-off.
2. Is there drainage - I could not actually see any.
3. I did not see one single cats-eye (which hopefully would have lasted longer than the white lines seem to do). There installation should have been considered far more important than street lighting.
4. Street lighting - putting all the street lights on one side of the road is not good practice - they should have be alternated.
5. There is at least one bend with a broken line when the white line should be unbroken.
6. There is a road sign for speed restriction together with a warning for a road to the left which is placed far to far away from the road and I question the size of the sign which looks to be about the absolute minimum size and far too small for that class of road.
Michael Scicluna
Jul 27th 2010, 21:55
Nice job have to go and try it when I am back from my break. Euro 4,400,000 that makes it approx Euro14.66 per registerd motor vehicle for this money it is a road well desierved, that works out approx 25% on avarage of the road tax collected each year on each vehicle. At this rate we cannot wait to have more roads in this standard.
simon cutajar
Jul 27th 2010, 21:55
About time !
A. Slater
Jul 27th 2010, 21:29
00:31 - 00:29 seconds...two cars overtaking on a bend...no further comments needed
R. Vella Bamber
Jul 29th 2010, 18:33
A.Slater; Do you know what broken lines mean? According to the law the overtaking is legal unlike the slow moving bus
Charles Grima
Jul 27th 2010, 21:20
3.6 million Euro paid by the EU. We'll soon hear the normal barrage of moaners complaining about the other 800,000 paid by the Maltese Government.
Money being enjoyed by the people!!!
This is the PN way! Sure, some things are good, and some things are bad,,, the natural order of life.
gaffarena joseph
Jul 27th 2010, 20:55
Another job well done.
Speed cameras are there to protect us from dangerous drivers.
G. Grech
Jul 27th 2010, 20:37
Proset! Hope Zurrieq's patron saves the road from drilling and excavating in the near future.
Shall we plug in a speed camera to make up for the expense?
George Casha
Jul 27th 2010, 22:46
Well done and about time road works are being taken seriously after all those years of neglect. Now do something about Kappara Junction after wasting all those thousands on a useless small Pacific Island in the middle of the road and Marsa, which are the worst places to be during rush hour. If the residents in Kappara are objecting to a flyover, which the have every right to do so, just dig a tunnel under the roundabout. It does not take rocket science and years of wasted time in studies to figure that one out ! A flyover at Marsa is more feasible due to the more open space and not being a residential area in the vicinity of the crossroads.
S. Zammit
Jul 28th 2010, 08:08
Only fools over-speed in these kind of roads where speed limits are typically 70km/hr or higher, so I'd say go ahead with cameras!
joe pace
Jul 27th 2010, 20:33
issa speed camera ohra jmiss!
B Mifsud
Jul 27th 2010, 22:37
Mela mela speed camera ohra..... ghala le? Ghax qisna poplu li jirrispetta l-limiti tal-velocita minghajr speed cameras !! Jalla jwahhlu 2 u mhux wahda ghax b'hekk biss jitghalmu il-hafna pseudo-Schumachers u Hamiltons li ghandna jigru mas-saqajn, ibda minn tat-Taxis.
Oliver gauci
Jul 28th 2010, 09:28
I do not mind if there are speed cameras, however, it seems that for some kind of drivers it does. Currently, it is the only means to make the maltese roads safer and protect innocent people.
Mark Bishop
Jul 27th 2010, 20:25
Well done for the bird's eye view footage. Oh and well done for the road too.
C Falzon
Jul 27th 2010, 23:19
Ergajna ! Fejn hija "bicycle lane".L-istess ghal M'scala.L-incident ta sena ilu diga mar ma rih.
K. Spiteri
Jul 27th 2010, 20:11
Its great - but we may need speed cameras becase I have already seen impatient drivers overtaking at high speed and there is no space to manouver and avoid a collision - especially at the three bends that we have on this road. Also I noticed two light fittings under the trees near the petrol station - these fittigs are not perpendicular to the wall because there are tree stumps at high level ,Cannot the contractor cut these stumps.
Charles Micallef
Jul 27th 2010, 20:04
Excellent News, not only completed to a very good standard but ahead of time which is "a first" in Malta.s road building programme, gone are the days of such projects were delayed for years with silly excuses...
NOW, How about starting a campaign to teach drivers how to use it and not abuse it.....!
chris falzon
Jul 27th 2010, 23:11
Ergajna ! Fejn hija "bicycle lane".L-istess ghal M'scala.L-incident ta sena ilu diga mar ma rih.
Jack Sparrow
Jul 27th 2010, 20:01
Great! Now a speed camera please... wouldn't want to see fatal accidents happen on such roads... again.
a.vella
Jul 27th 2010, 19:58
proset. nisperaw li iz-zrar li intuza mhuwiex tal-franka u li t-triq isservi u tibqa tqabbad. Nixtieq inkun naf ghala l-bankiena ijja wiesa daqshekk meta kieku kienet tikka idjaq il-karregjaturi kien jigu aktar wesghin. Ir- round a bout se isservi bhala ground tal futbol??
Joseph Ellul - Sydney
Jul 28th 2010, 02:34
Good question. I think that the wide walkway is due to the drainage pipework underneath. Due to heavy traffic, modern roads are being constructed so as to avoid services being underneath the actual traffic area. I remember when the sewer drain pipes were put in: I was almost killed by two racing quarry trucks as I was heading home to Zurrieq on my old motorbike.
P.Borg
Jul 27th 2010, 19:56
Are we allowing overtaking??? Broken lines??? Come on.. put a rail in the middle! People will die there!
Peter Bonnici
Jul 28th 2010, 00:01
You ought to travel more.
Joseph Ellul - Sydney
Jul 28th 2010, 04:48
Remember that there are still some horse driven carts using this road. I do not think that you would like to be stuck behind one. All is well.
Peter Korsten
Jul 28th 2010, 08:23
We see overtaking in the video, but that's because the truck is driving exceedingly slowly. If this isn't proof that slow drivers cause accidents, I don't know what is. ;)
But seriously, I'd rather be left the discretion whether to overtake or not. We don't need a nanny state to tell us what to do.
J. Grech
Jul 27th 2010, 19:54
Fl-ahhar nehhejna balla minn fuq l istonku ahna iz-zrieraq. grazzi. Lejliet St.Marija ghiduli kif ha tkun ippakkjata din it-triq........... :)
C. Schembri
Jul 28th 2010, 01:24
Bilfors tkun ippakjata! :-D Harqa nar bhal dik tal-Imqabbba!
A. Borg
Jul 27th 2010, 19:40
Proset. J'Alla li tibqa mittiefsa minn kull gandott jew trinka ghas-snin li gejjien.
A.Camilleri
Jul 27th 2010, 19:37
well done to all involved in this project, very nice road and a pleasure to use now, hope its not going to be abused by some silly drivers.
R Axisa
Jul 27th 2010, 20:34
Naqbel mieghek mija fil-mija! Fl-ahhar mhux se naqla' aktar l-istonku tieghi meta mmur nzur il-familjari fiz-Zurrieq! A very big well done to all involved!
Adrian Allain
Jul 27th 2010, 21:02
Of course it will be abused by silly drivers. Why should it be any different to any other road in Malta.
People don't understand. The roads are not to blame; they are inert objects. It's the people using them that are at fault.