Transport Malta calls on PL to remove 'dangerous' billboards
Transport Malta has filed a judicial protest calling on the Labour Party to remove billboards which it considered as being a hazard to motorists. The Authority referred to a recent court ruling which allowed the PL to retain its billboards. It said the...
Transport Malta has filed a judicial protest calling on the Labour Party to remove billboards which it considered as being a hazard to motorists.
The Authority referred to a recent court ruling which allowed the PL to retain its billboards. It said the billboards were manifestly dangerous as well as illegal.
While it was not its intention to deny freedom of expression to anyone, TM said it was duty bound to follow and apply the law and it could not allow the placing of billboards without a permit and/or billboards which constituted a danger to road users.
The Authority said it had consistently removed illegal billboards, removing nine non-political billboards from the roads between June 12 and 13.
It was illogical and unacceptable that a political party argued that its billboards should not be removed, not even if they constituted a danger, TM said.
It therefore called on the Labour Party to act responsibly and to remove the billboards. It also said it should not be held responsible for any accidents caused as a result of the billboards.
In its protest TM listed the billboards outside the Sta Venera tunnels, the Birkirkara Bypass, the coast road and Marsa near the Turkish cemetery.