Mellieħa road is one way down ... again
Traffic is being diverted through a single carriageway on the newly-rebuilt bypass. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier
Mellieħa’s George Borg Olivier Street will be closed to traffic again from today, with all vehicles heading towards the centre from Għadira Bay being diverted through a single carriageway on the newly-rebuilt bypass.
Transport Malta officials will reappear at the foot of the hill to ensure that only residents of the Tas-Sellum area and buses will be allowed through, Mellieħa mayor Robert Cutajar said yesterday.
The diversion is in place because the Mellieħa Bypass and Marfa Road are being reconstructed as part of the European Ten-T projects. They are expected to be completed by the end of this year. Mr Cutajar said the closure follows a unanimous decision at council level and several meetings with Transport Malta to discuss alternative traffic arrangements until the bypass project is completed.
Controversy erupted in May when the street was closed to southbound traffic.
All traffic was being diverted through the narrow, one-way road passing by Popeye Village, with congestion building up and the average trip, especially for Gozitans, increased by 15 to 30 minutes. The diversions were lambasted by the Gozo Business Chamber, which in a statement said the closure of the road was creating more congestion and confusion.
The protests forced the authorities to open the street to two-way traffic again, but this only applied to light vehicles.
The council was promised that one carriageway would be opened as soon as it was ready so that traffic could be diverted away from the centre because of the congestion being created there.
The completion of this carriageway was eventually delayed by around four weeks due to “unexpected problems”.
What irked many was the presence of wardens at the roundabout close to the Seabank Hotel, who were asking motorists for their ID cards if they wanted to drive through the centre of Mellieħa.
Apart from the Transport Malta official who will be controlling drivers wanting to pass through the centre, another official will be stationed close to the Mellieħa Sanctuary to ensure no cars are permitted to drive further up the road.
“They shouldn’t be asking for ID cards. Everyone has to use the new bypass carriageway and we expect people to respect this. We cannot have more congestion in George Borg Olivier Street. We also urge motorists to use the car park in Parish Square to visit the shops in Mellieħa,” Mr Cutajar said when he was contacted yesterday.
He said the council has prepared signs on the bypass directing tourists towards the centre of Mellieħa.
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Lesley Hodkin
Aug 6th 2012, 10:14
Removing the parking doesn't solve the problem there are disabled and elderly people who need to be able to park close to the shops. What would help is to put traffic lights at the top and bottom of the street which would allow the traffic to move without congestion and idiot bus drivers trying to force their way up and down the street causing jams because of their pig-headedness!! Believe me it happens daily!
kenny greenan
Aug 4th 2012, 23:47
Anyone who thinks that by simply removing a few parking spaces.....has obviously NEVER sat at one of the restaurants at the top of the hill, opposite HSBC .
Spending a few minutes, or hours [as I have] watching the mayhem of the ridiculous Arriva buses, & for that matter, any large vehicle, meeting at that corner.
I timed it once & there was an empasse for 32 minutes as both idiots refused to reverse.
Furthermore the queues behind the vehicles pressing on... exercising their God given right to celebrate "NATIONAL CAR HORN DAY"
Robert Cutajar & his team are doing their best in an unworkable situation caused by someone else's bad planning & traffic management.
Try living through this before making judgement on innocent parties....
or sit & have a coffee {& a laugh} at one of the lovely cafe`s at the top of the hill ! ! !
Kenny Greenan
TRANQUIL MELLIEHA
Brian Fenech
Aug 4th 2012, 12:25
Yoy don't have to be a rocket scientist to realise that the traffic congestion problem is only in GBO street and it can be simply resolved by temporarily removing the very few parking spaces in this road... problem solved!!!
Ms Samantha Debono
Aug 4th 2012, 09:42
I think people should get all the facts straight. Mellieha main road has not become a one way downward system! Internal traffic can go up and down through Triq GBO, the only difference is that ALL drivers coming up from Ghadira have to pass through the bypass!! This does not mean that the 'Mellieha road is one way... again!' Come on! There is a vital difference here!
Also, it has become very clear that virtually EVERYONE except the mayor of Mellieha, and a few shop owners, wants parking to be removed from the main street. This would solve the major issue, making enough space for two heavy vehicles to pass through the street with no problem whatsoever. Shows what democracy we are living in I guess.... The will of many seems to be moot, while the ideas of one person cause havoc on a daily basis....
Reg Fitzpatrick
Aug 4th 2012, 00:13
This is a stupid solution to the problem repeated again!
There really is only one proper solution until the bypass is completed and that is to BAN ALL PARKING IN GBO STREET and then two way traffic can smoothly flow again through it!
Is this council that blind that it can't see this????? What a bunch of numpties!
Francis Farrugia
Aug 3rd 2012, 20:23
Mela issa ergajna Koppi u fi ftit granet ohra fil-Mellieha ser isiru tlett tijiem ta` festi wara santa Maria. U f`dawn il- festi soltu Triq Borg Olivier tkun mghaluqa ghat-traffiku. Ghalhekk min qieghed jahseb biex imur ghall dawn il-festi ahjar jahsiba darbtejn ghax ghar-rigward tat-traffiku ser ikun hemm xi tahwida NOBIS.
Kev Samut
Aug 3rd 2012, 20:19
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Henry S Pace
Aug 3rd 2012, 18:56
Two weights and two measures.
To allow Arriva buses pass through St Mary St in Sliema, Transport Malta decided that part of the road between St Helen St via the Imperial Hotel up to corner Carmel St with 'No Parkig signs. This caused great hardship to residents because parking spaces where lost.
Why not do the same in G Borg Olivier St in Mellieha.
What's good for the gender is good for the goose.
However I wonder.
Henry S Pace
Aug 3rd 2012, 18:44
Qassata jekk mhux CuCata ohra tas-Sindku
Trid id-dur il-Mellieha kolla biex tohrog il-barra.
Peter Simpson
Aug 3rd 2012, 17:12
Believe it or not, today, roads repair started off in Gorg Borg Olivier Street; yes in the stretch where Arriva buses and other cars get blocked; unbelievable. AS usual no one resigns and no one is responsible!
GL Calleja
Aug 3rd 2012, 16:27
As far as I can remember GBO road has always been a pain for local residents and for all others using that road, even when there was not so much traffic. You cannot please everybody and there is always going to be pro and con opinions. The best way to ease the heavy traffic on GBO road is to do away with all parking, but that will get the business owners up in arms. Making it a one way down road will irk the other Mellieha residents who have to put up with the traffic driving through their narrow roads. The BYPASS is a good answer to alleviate the Mellieha traffic snafu but thanks to some (excuse the expression), donkey thinkers at Transport Malta and the Infrastructure Minister ( Hmmmm) this whole project of redoing the Mellieha Bypass is taking way too long. And who is the genius to do the heart of the work in the Summer Season? First you go through the obstacle at Mellieha Village and then you are met by the same obstacle from Ghadira to the Cirkewwa Ferry Terminal. What is wrong with this department? Does anybody know what they are doing? And then to top it of, when the road from the Marfa to the Armier break off is finished, it is going to have ONE Lane to accommodate the influx of traffic going and coming to and from Gozo? Who are these incompetent planners that are coming up with such idiotic ideas? Why is the infrastructure Minister going along with all this incompetence? First the Arriva snafu and now this, in the meantime Mellieha locals are caught in the middle and nobody to answer for any of this. I think it is about time that the PM takes charge of the whole project and finish this whole project very soon, preferably before the whole Summer is over and not wait until election time. It is time for some action and find out why it is taking the contractors involved so much time to finish this project? Mr PM, it is time again to say " THE BUCK STOPS HERE " and put aside your precious Minister that you protected in the Arriva situation. Somebody has to take responsibility and do what is right for the Maltese people, the Gozitan people and the Mellieha Locals who are going through hell because of the huge incompetence of your Infrastructure Minister and last but not least the huge incompetence of Transport Malta Management who together been a huge problem for all of Malta. Somebody has to say it like it is, now it is time for you to do something about it Mr PM. Maybe the Times can also show a Map (plan) of how the new Bypass and the road from Marfa to the Madonna, top of the hill are going to look like, if ever they get finished. There is always discomfort when building new roads and or repairing them but this is taking way to long and those two jobs should not have been started together. Lack of planning and lack of thinking are causing a great inconvenience for Malta and Gozo and somebody must answer for it. Maybe the best answer is for you to dismiss the responsible Minister and the higher-ups at Transport Malta who are also responsible for the mess they created with Arriva. Mr PM it is time to own up to your position and take charge.
Victor Rodenas
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:38
way down again,...............only the prices are going UP.
Joe Diacono
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:36
I really pity those who ply their trade in the Mellieha area, those residing there as also those going up and coming down from Gozo, it simply is too much of a hassle to go up to the area especially over the weekend.
Last time round it took us over two hours to go through the stretch from Mellieha to Mellieha, sheer madness.
Granted that these works needed to be done, but why so little people on such a massive project? why no works at night when the heat is less aggressive? are there no deadlines that have to be met?
It is just not right that projects like these are left for the period when people frequent the area most.
Somebody needs to answer to these mishaps, it's downright not fair.
GL Calleja
Aug 3rd 2012, 16:37
" Somebody needs to answer to these mishaps, it's downright not fair. ". How about having them finished as close to the election as one possibly can? Maybe the infrastructure Minister and Transport Malta can answer your question a bit better, but I doubt it. What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.
Michael borg
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:31
A PN council such as this is creating trouble how dare the mayor continue to disrupt the traffic going towards Mellieha and TRANSPORT MALTA SUCKS!!!! Shame the new road was made in a bad way and thus is causing great traffic congestions in the area especially for the Gozitans and Maltese going towards Cirkewwa
Stop this stupidity or else one day TM and Mr.Cutajar and Company are going to be sorry for such mistakes
GL Calleja
Aug 3rd 2012, 16:40
Don't blame Mr Cutajar, he does not have much say so in all this. Put the blame where it really belongs and that is on the Infrastructure Minister and the very incompetent Transport Malta. This is a repetition of the Arriva fiasco caused by the same people.
Jean-Michel Azzopardi
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:30
it's just concrete, sort it out.
Lawrence Fenech
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:27
What a mess and disaster right in the middle of summer. Ofcourse some people are lucky they go to Gozo by helicopter very convenient, paid by our taxes.
Talk about tourists when the maltese are tourists 365 days a year.
Robert Agius
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:18
After decades of bad planning this is what you get. Of course, PN would like to point fingers back slightly further than a couple of decades.
..and a vast majority vote for the two parties run by cretins. Prosit Malta, you get what you deserve, now quit complaining cause you are the problem with this country.
K. Vella II
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:05
Das-Sindku għad jitniżżel fl-istorja tal-Mellieħa.
L-ewwel qala' s-siġar ta' ħdejn is-Santwarju wara li kien ilhom hemm 'il fuq minn 80 sena. Issa jkompli jiddefendi r-ras iebsa ta' xi tnejn min-nies li qed jaraw biss sal-ponta ta' mneħirhom bin-negozji li għandhom fil-main road.
Nistieden lil kulħadd jintefa' mqar 5 minuti fuq il-bankina fil-main road u jara żewġ karozzi tal-linja jippruvaw jgħaddu minn ħdejn xulxin. Ma jirnexxielhomx. Allura hija ovvja li l-problema u l-kawża ta' dak it-traffiku kollu hi l-wisgħa tat-triq.
Issa jew iwaqqa' ringiela bini fuq naħa minnhom tat-triq biex iwessagħha, jew ineħħi t-tużżana parking spaces li qed joħolqu dal-ġenn kollu.
Rabbi sinsla jekk veru għandek l-interess tal-Mellieħa u tan-negozju (long-term) għal qalbek!
vincent arrigo azzopardi
Aug 3rd 2012, 13:39
1115 hours left Gozo on Gozo Channel Boat
1140 hours got off boat in circewwa
1225 hours went through the desert and got to the top of the hill in mellieha
SHAME SHAME SHAME will not go NORTH again until the road is finished or.......................
when i can bach up from the village.
Transport Malta PUPPETS
E. Azzopardi
Aug 3rd 2012, 13:07
Why is this happening, as most of the time, in the peak tourist season?
R. Cilia
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:11
Sur Azzopardi mhux biex idejqu lil poplu!
joe briffa
Aug 3rd 2012, 12:52
Mellieha...dizastru totali tal ambjent ta madwara,u pastazata enormi....ftahar PN!!!!
Mr James Graham
Aug 3rd 2012, 12:25
This is not a clever piece of project management, in the middle of the tourist season, when Europe is in the middle of a nasty downturn.
Still, the Spanish, Greek and other resorts will welcome those tourists who say 'never again' to Malta.
Jay Oatmon
Aug 3rd 2012, 12:17
And the answer is - if you do not have to go there - don't go!
Lawrence Fenech
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:50
@Jay.
You are so right, it is not worth the hassle, it used to be fun and a pleasure driving to Gozo in the evening for a meal and a B-B-Que and returning in the early hours of the morning.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Aug 3rd 2012, 16:40
Some of us live here and a local brief shopping trip that used to take five minutes now takes a frustrating forty five minutes.
E. De Marco
Aug 3rd 2012, 12:17
I cannot understand why you people use your private car. After all, our public transport system is the best in Europe. IT ONLY TAKES TWO & A HALF HOURS from Rabat to Bugibba (catching 2 (TWO) different buses. THE OLD EX-BUS No. 86 DID THE TRIP IN 25 MINUTES BUT TRANSPORT MALTA REFUSES TO GIVE THE OLD ROUTE BACK............!
matthew tanti
Aug 3rd 2012, 12:08
qisna qed naghmlu xi haga specjali ghax qed nirrangaw triq fuq bicca blata f'nofs il-bahar! alla jbierek pajjizi ohra jirrangaw toroq f'lejl mhux fi snin! u alla jbierek il-prim ministru u austin gatt qishom qed jaghmlu xi pjacir meta jirrispondu xi mistoqsija fuq id-dewmien!
Josianne Catania
Aug 3rd 2012, 11:32
Arukaza!! biex wasalna il bajja ta l ghadira domna saghtejn u nofs fit traffiku.iktar ma jaddi zmien iktar qed immorru ghal ghar .Dak il parking tan nizla tal mellieha irried jitnehha.l Arriva ma jaddux u qed ikun hemm genn shih.
Tarcisio Barbara
Aug 3rd 2012, 11:21
Ma nafx il-ghala qed tkomplu tizvijjaw lill-pubbliku, il-karreggjata Ta' Penellu li qed naghddu minnha hija l-qadima u mhux gdida, qed taghtu nformazzjoi zbaljata, ir-ritratt jitkellem wahdu.
Mark. Galea
Aug 3rd 2012, 11:18
Qatt ma kont naf li kunsill lokali seta jiddeciedi x'isir f'Main Road. Kieku xi side street nifhimha, imma main road taqa taht il-gvern centrali.
Andre` Vella
Aug 3rd 2012, 11:14
Perfect timing, for the summer break of Santa Marija!
James Mallia
Aug 3rd 2012, 13:37
Agreed - Pajjiz tal-Mickey Mouse. To avoid congestion made G.Borg Olivier a NO parking road and this would solve the whole problem!!!!!!!!!!!
Lawrence Fenech
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:52
@James.
Agreed.
A Vella
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:55
GEMGEM GEMGEM, have you ever been abroad and got stuck in kilometers of traffic for hours, because of freeways being built/fixed?? If not, believe me it is not such an odd occurrence.
This is the cost we pay for having such a commodity, true, things can be done much faster, but 30 mins in slow traffic is not the end of the world. Traffic will only get worse as we go, so get used to it, as happens in cities across the globe. Because we have to compare Malta to city centres not to rural parts of other countries.
C Cassar
Aug 3rd 2012, 12:01
Correct. I've been in quite a few 40-50km jams in places such as Germany, stuck for a few hours not moving at all. The Maltese don't understand anything when it comes to building quality roads. It's only since EU membership that this has come to Malta. Look at the new roads near the airport, firts class projects that Malta has never seen before but so many moaned because of a few months diversion. They haven't got a clue.
joe vella
Aug 3rd 2012, 13:34
you are right mr vella, but you omit a very important factor
overseas it takes a day to carry out a minor repair/s and at the end of the day the job is completed with surfacing, sealing of joints etc
major projects are executed and completed within defined time frames with alternative routes prepared beforehand, with necessary signage, warnings etc ( I am not saying there are no delays, but not of the local proportions)
here the 1 km stretch from xewkija to rabat is close to 2 years in certain sections and there are sections of the xewkija-mgarr road in total chaos
the mellieha bypass and cirkewwa projects are dragging on and on and have been proceeding at a snail's pace, here we are talking of some 3-4 kms of road works in total, and mainly single carriageways
Foreign countries complete whole 4-6 lane highways in comparable, if not faster, periods of time
K. Vella II
Aug 3rd 2012, 13:49
How many DAYS does it take them to build/fix the freeways abroad?
Robert Agius
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:13
Mellieha freeway aside, most cities you can use the underground and avoid traffic. Or perhaps you failed to make that observation abroad?
A Vella
Aug 3rd 2012, 17:06
Robert, which City abroad of less than 400k citizens affords an underground system? Or perhaps you failed to think that observation?
C Cassar
Aug 3rd 2012, 18:45
@K. Vella II:
It often takes months or years in other countries within Europe to repair/upgrade roads. The EU stipulates strict saftey, monitoring of quality and good project management when it comes to letting their money be spent. This adds overhead for a very good reaso bacuase it means the roads will last a long time so in effect actually reducing road closures over a 10-20 year period. Again, the Maltese can only see the short term, the hassle in the short term and can never see the long term benefits. It's the same with anything to do with the environment in Malta, no one is prepared to pay a few euros to improve it for the long term. It's only down to the EU who provides hundreds of millions of € to Malta that things have started to improve. The big question is can the Maltese maintain any of these new initiatives or will they, as has been the norm in the past, simply leave them to detriorate and fall apart? Maintenance is non-existent within the Maltese culture.
A. Sciberras
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:52
Use to love eating at two particular restaurants in Mellieha on Sunday late morning/afternoon! This summer I am just avoiding Mellieha and its whereabouts! Not worth the stress!
josef karl rapinett
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:47
mela aw xi trieq ta xi nies jew ohrajn ? Kullhadd ghandu driet jaghdi minfejn iried jew jiparkja diment li tithalas il licenzja tal-karozza .
Francis Saliba M.D.
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:38
After this morning's experience, the experts who are responsible for the chaos should be tarred and feathered.
Mario Scicluna
Aug 3rd 2012, 14:42
Agree fully. However dear Francis, the so-called 'experts' are answerable to whom? Who is actually responsible for this 'chaos' as you put it if I may ask? Will the Minister or the Mayor responsible enlighten us or confuse even further between blame shifting and replies that leaves everyone baffled? As usual.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Aug 3rd 2012, 16:47
In case you do not know already, the blame lies with the owners of business outlets in the Mellieha main road who object to the removal of parking slots infront of their shops and who object to congested traffic being diverted into side roads where they have their residences. And their money talks to present Ministers and tpoliticians just as much as to hopeful Ministers and MPs-to-be to be through their contributions towards election expenses.
GL Calleja
Aug 3rd 2012, 17:12
The experts who are responsible for the chaos should be tarred and feathered. Hoss fl-ilma Dr. ( Scrible in water). Dr Saliba these are the same people that caused the fiasco with our transportation system Aka Arriva. Same Infrastructure Minister and the same incompetent Transport Malta. But as I always say. " We are Maltese and we do as we please ". By the way if I was a business owner on GBO Street I would think the same way. Wouldn't you? And if the traffic was detoured to go through residential narrow streets and I was one of those residents of that street, I would object to that. Put the blame where the blame belongs and that is on the lack of planning by the incompetent Transport Malta. Cannot fit 5 litres of water in a 1 litre can.
Francis Saliba M.D.
Aug 3rd 2012, 20:21
"By the way if I was a business owner on GBO Street I would think the same way. Wouldn't you? And if the traffic was detoured to go through residential narrow streets and I was one of those residents of that street, I would object to that." (G L Galea.today at 17:12.)
No, sir. If I were an interested party I would not insist on my selfish interest at the expense of all the travelling public to and from Gozo and to the beaches on the north side of the island at the height of the tourist season.
As for yourself, unless you are one of the involved business people yourself, you would soon discover that no one would listen to you, unless you made your money do the talking for you.
Austin grech
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:24
why is the possibility of using other roads being limited. If a road is being built, options should be available. In Malta, things go from bad to worst. Not only does it take for ever to complete a road which will cost an arm and a leg. We have to contend with the whims of local council on using the main street of there village. What a joke this island has become. no wonder there is so much road rage.
Mark. Galea
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:23
THE PROBLEM IS VERY EASILY SOLVED - REMOVED THOSE 15 PARKING SLOTS AND ALL WILL BE FINE.
However, it seems that nobody can take a stand against a few people - which reminds me of what I was told (confidentially) years ago about those parkings (cannot give the details since I will be immediately sued in court of what was said by the Council members to TM about those parkings)
Joseph Grech Attard
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:21
This seems to be the best solution now that the Bypass is partially open.
However problems shall still arise for traffic which uses Triq Gorg Borg Olivier (e.g. to onload merchandise, etc) and needs to go out of Mellieha, or those who live, for example, in Mellieha Heights. Will they be made to go down to Ghadira and use the Bypass, or go through Mellieha village? If the latter, heavy vehicles would be passing from Sanctuary Street again, although, one hopes, they would, obviously, be less in number.
Shall these arrangements be for 24 hours (including wardens) or, maybe, it would be a good idea not to apply them between, say, 01:00h -05:00h?
This new arrangement divides this temporary inconvenience amongst many and, hence, it seems to be more just.
John Caruana
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:14
Kompli affeg Sur Sindku u ahna nistennew fil-kju foirsi jirnexxiolna nghaddu minn ximkien. Hekk sewwa ghax is-sndku jaqbad u jaqghlaq it-triq minflok jaqta ilo-parking, ghal ftit zmien, mit-triq. Kompli hawwad u bieghed in-nies mill-Mellieha u l-inhawi taghha.
Michele Xuereb
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:11
Commuters were irked mostly because the bypass was totally closed to traffic both up and down, and the deviation past Popeye's Village was long and slow. Why hadn't the roadworks commenced first on one side then another, thus allowing full use of a double-lane on the bypass possibly for two-way traffic too? Project management at its best I guess! Secondly, parking all the way down G Borg Olivier Str is a no-no and should be strictly prohibited a.s.a.p. - the road is barely two-way what with these lumbering Arriva monsters, even without parking. One time we actually had to park between two parked cars just to allow a bendy bus to drive up the road! Thirdly, why do ALL Arriva buses have to pass through the village centre? Most bus passengers alight further along the trip anyway, so an occasional bus is all that is required to service passengers wishing to stop off at Mellieha centre. Elementary my dear Watson!!
Mr C Camilleri
Aug 3rd 2012, 09:57
The completion of this carriageway was eventually delayed by around four weeks due to “unexpected problems”.
Delays delays and more delays ! Unexpected problems show more a sign of inefficiency rather than a REAL unexpected problem. These people are not professional enough to know what they are in for ? Lack of planning and using the usual "Imbaghad naraw" System.
N. Agius
Aug 3rd 2012, 09:56
The situation in Mellieha is one of total havoc at the moment. Yesterday, for a change a bendy bus broke down in the narrow road from Riviera Hotel going to Armier. Traffic was stuck for almost half an hour. The main problem with these works is lack of manpower. I never see more than 10 workers working at Marfa for instance.
George Kechas
Aug 3rd 2012, 09:55
Really what was wrong with that road in the first place??? There are other parts that are still one lane, creating bottle necks every single day and yet TM decides to close down and rebuild in the middle of the summer the only part of the road that was actually descent!
c. hansel
Aug 3rd 2012, 09:55
I do not agree with this!
Mario Camilleri
Aug 3rd 2012, 09:55
In Malta what ever we do, is the opposite of other countries thereby causing annoyance and suffering to both the locals and tourist as well as the drivers and passengers.
"They are expected to be completed by the end of this year". When was the work started?
Stephen Aquilina
Aug 3rd 2012, 09:51
Instead of closing Gorg Borg Olivier Street to upcoming traffic, I think you should remove the parkings on the left hand side going down. Most probably shop owners will complain but we need to learn that one doesn't have to park infront of the shop he/she is going to buy from.
N. Agius
Aug 3rd 2012, 09:58
Too much exhaust for the hotels ...that is the real reason..
A J Rose
Aug 3rd 2012, 10:03
I agree. This should have been implemented from the very beginning. The congestion is purely caused by the vehicles parked in this narrow road.( Sometimes double parking while vans etc are unloading).
J Farrugia
Aug 3rd 2012, 09:50
Does it really have to take so long for a road this short to be done, are the contractors working 24/7 are they not capable of bringing in extra workers, is TM completely useless??
Like i've said before if they ain't capable bring in a foreign team.
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