Tarxien bus shelter: Arriva but when

The road in the picture is of Church Street junction with Żejtun Road, Tarxien. Żejtun Road is the main road. As the sign shows, traffic on Church Street has to stop to the one on the main road.

On the right of the picture stands a bus-stop sign on Church Street for commuters going to Valletta.

The bus shelter for this stop is on the opposite side of the street. There is no bus-stop sign on this shelter and there cannot be one, since a traffic stop sign stands on the same spot.

On rainy days, commuters going to Valletta wait for buses in this shelter and on seeing the bus coming, risk their lives by quickly crossing the busy road to stop the oncoming bus.

Again, since there is no bus-stop sign on this shelter, the bus coming from Valletta stops optionally.

The bus-stop sign, for buses coming from Valletta, used to be further down the very end of the road, before it was removed and not replaced. The bus shelter was dangerously erected on the end of a traffic island and on a mandatory traffic stop which is totally hidden by a stationary bus.

Noticeable is the broken palm tree branch, which occasionally hides the stop sign, and the tilt of the stop sign pole. I presume the work of some driver who had just experienced the fright of his life. This irregularity has been standing for a number of years. The local council, bus commuters and drivers have repeatedly complained with no avail to the several responsible consecutive authorities to provide bus stops and bus shelters on appropriate bus bays. I do not know who is next in line to put an end to this illegality and establish some order on this dangerous spot.

I wonder what sort of traffic and bus reform we are going to see, if an area such as this is not looked after?