Traffic chaos at Cirkewwa
Photo: Alison Micallef, [email protected]
Total chaos prevailed at Cirkewwa this morning due to the single lane approach to the terminal.
Reader Alison Micallef, who took the photo above, said that the failure to provide a right turn into any of the car parks has added to the mess.
"Many of the cars are not even wanting to go to Gozo but are all being forced to enter the terminal only to turn around and return to the car parks opposite the Paradise Bay hotel.
"This was predicted to happen but it seems no one wanted to listen."
Ms Micallef noted that no provision had even been made for ambulances.
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Joe Brincat-LL.D
Sep 21st 2012, 19:34
Se nikteb bil-Malti halli l-kliem jinkiteb kif johrog. Kilt ilsieni fuq din it-triq u fuq ohrajn. Perezempju t-traffic jam li holqu meta ghalqu Triq Sarria l-Furjana, biex jghaddu tal-Arriva biss, u waddbu t-traffiku kollu hdejn il-monument tal-gwerra. Tad-dahk huwa li daqqa pulizija u daqqa wiehed ta' Transport Malta, jaghmillek is-sinjal biex tigi taqa' u tqum mit-traffic lights. Mhux biss ktibt imma kellimt xi zewgt irjus kbar (jekk huma rjus wara kollox, u mhux qoxra biss !)
Issa qed jaghmlu l-progett ta' Dicembru 13. Mela qabel konna nohorgu jew nidhlu livell mat-triq ghall-parti abitata tal-Marsa hdejn il-Knisja. Issa ghollew it-triq madwar sular, u jekk taraw fejn hallew l-bus stop, taraw li ghadu fejn kien qabel, in the middle of nowhere. Issa min jieqaf irid idur dawra papali.
Kien hemm triq li minn Dicembru 13 ddahhlek lejn il-Marsa Centru. Din se tinghalaq. U biex tidhol il-Marsa trid tahseb jew mill-Blata l-Bajda hdejn il-Park and Ride, jew hdejn Spencer Hill u ddur dawra papali ohra. Darba kien gie Dr Eddie Fenech Adami, u dan zmien ilu, u kien qalli "x'tahwid ghandkom biex tidhol jew tohrog mill-Marsa." Issa aghar. Biex tohrog baqa' biss Fishermen Street, li meta jaghmel l-ilma, tkun wied. Mill-gallarija rajt karozza titkaxkar u mn'Alla zammet ma truck ipparkjat.
Issa qalu li se jaghmlu mina. halli tmur lejn il-Waterfront, u naturalment lejn Transport Malta ! Irrid nara dik il-mina meta taghmel ix-xita !
Jien se jkolli nieqaf milli nuza t-trasport pubbliku. Kif gew l-affarijiet nista' nieqaf hdejn tal-Muzew. Imma mhux genn li taghmel stage fejn ma jilhaq lil hadd ?
Issa li qed jinkiteb dan ara ma tahsbux li se jinbidel xi haga. Transport Malta infallibbli.
M. Zammit
Sep 21st 2012, 18:33
Even if, TM is totally incompetent... did one Minister or Gozitan Representative in Parliament, ever speak out about this road, during the construction phase or before, or don't they use this road? Or perhaps they didn't bother because it is not in their portfolio?
Is this how they want to encourage tourism to Gozo... or is it perhaps the reason why a tunnel is being proposed.. or better still was the road constructed in that manner so that a tunnel would be "justified"? Do you Ministers/Gozo Representatives care at all for Gozo and Malta?
Where is your conscience where public spending is concerned? I totally agree with the Bishop when he advised we all examine our conscience and we have to do that on a daily basis, with every word we say, with every decision we take because it will not only effect us but others and our children's future.
We need to grow up because we are but immature citizens if we are to be called citizens at all... we're more like blood suckers!
R. Cilia
Sep 21st 2012, 18:29
It is all our fault cause we keep grumbling but we never dare to take to the streets when things are done wrongly!
Kevin Camilleri
Sep 21st 2012, 17:32
TM - Transport Mess! Pure incompetence and lack of common sense!
Paul Camilleri
Sep 21st 2012, 17:27
Incompetence in its pure state.. combined with the worst company on the Maltese Islands (Gozo Channel). Its a nightmare to go to Gozo. It is useless planning to catch a ferry because with the chaos and queues there are you will end up missing it anyway. What we need is an alternative way of crossing over to Gozo. Wait, I forgot that Gozo Channel employees are all protected with a blue veil!!
Robert Lewis
Sep 21st 2012, 17:16
The photo above shows the pavement wider then the road, where did you get the experts from.
Robert Lewis
Sep 21st 2012, 17:14
TM experts, have you ever been abroad. I tell you the procedure they use where there is a traffic flow in certain hours of the day. Firstly they don't do carriageways in the middle of the road, so that during rush hours they use the lanes accordingly. For example if its going to be a busy period for crossing over to Gozo, they use 2 lanes going towards the ferry and one for the cars returning from Gozo. After the weekend obviously the traffic is going to be busy the other way round, so the system would be applied vice versa. Its common sense. This could be applied in other roads. For example in the morning rush hour obviously traffic will be busier entering Valletta and very few coming out, so the roads should be used 3 lanes going towards Valletta and one for the oncoming traffic.
Alfie Lewis
Sep 21st 2012, 17:10
In the U.K. they are widening some motorway to four lanes plus the emergency lane , here we are narrowing the lane with , I BELIEVE SOME 250000 cars in the country, it just doesn't make sense, but than we are only ordinary people , we do not get a police escort to clear the roads, sorry dirt tracks, for us, maybe I BUY A HELECOPTER IF i want to go to Gozo
C Cassar
Sep 21st 2012, 18:36
There are 200,000 cars in Malta for only 2000km of road. By far the most densely populated country in the EU both with regards car density and population density. That is why you get the congestion seen this morning at peak/holiday times. This will only get worse. Adding more lanes/roads simply encourages more car ownership, a proven fact worldwide.
The solution? Less cars in Malta and more of the population using the very comprehensive transport infrastructure. There is no other solution.
Karl Agius
Sep 21st 2012, 17:08
What if a car develops a breakdown or even worse a fire -- what are the nearest cars going to do. I bet it is much cheaper to built a wide pavement than a double lane road - this had been done in almost all the new roads built by EU money the worst one is the Luqa to Qormi road.
So saving on the expenses was the main purpose but any idea where the rest of the money went.
K Agius
Jurgen Farrugia
Sep 21st 2012, 16:46
A few days ago, a TM spokesman explained that they couldn't have built a two lane road because of the lack of space and because the traffic volume did not justify the building of a two lane road. He was replying to a letter I sent to the times. Unfortunately this spokesman is the only one in the world that think this way because there are no other countries that are still building these narrow roads, without bus lanes, bike lanes or head shoulder and more importantly an ambulance couldn't pass in a traffic jam. These people are disgraced.
Josephine Muscat
Sep 21st 2012, 16:44
This situation has long been predicted due to the one lane crazy idea for a such a busy area..... It seems
that TM has managed to achieve their objective as they insisted with the works without modifications.... I can see cars driving over.the wide pavements as the second lane in the coming days.... There is no other solution unfortunately. TM please wake up!
John Attard
Sep 21st 2012, 16:40
Forget gonzi PN or TM. It is the people that suffer at the end and the people should make sure that this government is voted out of office for not listening to the people.
What a mess !
Alfie Lewis
Sep 21st 2012, 16:31
imagine , just for a few seconds,if TM HAD brains they be will more pathetic than they are now ,I Bet my last dollar that none of them have any idea of whats going on our dirt tracks
GL Calleja
Sep 21st 2012, 17:40
Don't think so because not too many of them commute between Malta and Gozo.
M Grima
Sep 21st 2012, 16:25
TM - totally mad
M Grima
Sep 21st 2012, 16:24
This is how GonziPN works and delivers. We have faced 15 months of sacrifice just to see a mess of a road that is not even fit for a cart. Have you ever seen pavements which are wider than the road and a major road which lacks an emergency lane. Do these people ever travel abroad to see how proper roads are constructed.
GonziPN - what a farce.
Alfie Lewis
Sep 21st 2012, 16:12
If the funds from the EU ARE COMING FOR OUR diabolical dirt track , because they cann't be called roads, ex from Sliema Ferry to Msida , I STARTED USING A HARD HAT, HITTING MY HEAD ON EVERY BUMP, THAN THE EU SHOULD check or double check THE STANTAND OF WORKS, i'm sure that they WILL WANT THEIR MONEY BACK
Michael Camileri
Sep 21st 2012, 16:07
I don't even know why the pavement has to be so wide... when has anyone seen a mass of people walking along that stretch???
A Camilleri
Sep 21st 2012, 16:30
Exactly. Why a single lane from it Torri l- Ahmar to ferry terminal? Who is the bright guy? If there is a slow driver or an accident that's it. No lane to overtake and we end up with the usual corridor of cars and fuming drivers. And again, was there need or all those crash barriers - its not like the road lends to extremely fast driving.
S Bonnici
Sep 21st 2012, 16:01
Will we see the Transport Malta guys standing in roundabouts and the middle of the roads doing nothing from next Monday when the usual first day of school traffic panic starts??? Let's hope they've at least learnt how to direct traffic instead of making it worse.
Peter Paul Buttigieg
Sep 21st 2012, 15:39
the writing was ON the WALL.
unfortunately none were able to read and understand.
This is only the beginning so we can starting counting the repeat of such situation at cCrkewwa. #1
Statistics are important for the EU!
Were not funds from EU used for this unfinished project?
At the end a final report is to be submitted to the scrutiny of the EU as per project done!
Marie Vella
Sep 21st 2012, 14:41
Now imagine being stuck there with impatient kids in the car... in the heat/rain/wind. And by stuck I mean IMPRISONED, because once you're in line you're forced to stay there without access to food or drink. Just like when you are forced to stay in the gated car lane in Gozo. I was stuck there exposed to the elements for hours on several occasions with my little daughter who refused to stay put in the car (and frankly I don't blame her) being told by the personnel that we can't go to the waiting area downstairs because our tickets have already been processed. I still wonder what on earth did they contract a lift and a staircase linking the car 'deck' and the indoors bar for if both locked. I've come to believe that whoever plans the logistics of it all has NEVER had to wait in line themselves and/or blatantly couldn't care less.
C Cassar
Sep 21st 2012, 17:19
The problem is that most Maltese don't want to pay a fair price for the crossing and ultra modern facilities. I mean what does it cost, €15 per car incl the driver and another €5 per passenger,? So that's €35 for 5 people and a car for a return journey. Go and take a look at a very similar crossing in the UK, to the Isle of Wight. Similar distance but €120 just for the driver and car. Believe me, pay is not 4 times that of Malta in the UK and that price was more than 10 years ago. The Gozo channel crossing is a bargain but you can't expect top facilities unless you pay for them.
Mr Andrew Camilleri
Sep 21st 2012, 19:45
C. Cssar: how can you from your armchair in England, know how this siutation feels?
Lawrence Fenech
Sep 21st 2012, 14:37
Stragi fit'toroq, li tista tghamel ma tersaqx l'hemm.
A Cardona
Sep 21st 2012, 14:22
what interests me and i guess all the people is.... WHO is going to be held responsible for this mess and HOW much tax payer's money/funds are going to be forked out to adjust this situation???
Freddie Micallef
Sep 21st 2012, 14:51
isbah din Sur Cardona,jien nahseb gonzipn hu responsabbli,alla hares ma kienx jaf b'din il kummiedja ta triq,anke li kbar inbeccili jinduna li dik t triq mhux qeda sew..imma r ras iebsa u il poter tela ghar ras ukoll..
Adrian Said
Sep 21st 2012, 15:40
sur freddie micallef, qabel tipponta subghajk, ara kienx hemm xi perit minn xi partit iehor involut??? jien ma nafx min huma l persuni involuti pero int tidher li taf sew, ghax mill ewwel ppuntajt subghajk!!
M Grima
Sep 21st 2012, 16:20
@Adrian Said
Kien hemm jew ma kienx hemm xi perit minn partit iehor ma jnaqqas xejn mill-inkompetenza ta GonziPN. Int verament tahseb li ix-xoghol ma sarx skont bil-pjanti li gew maghmula minn Tansport Malta u approvati mill MEPA? Ir-responsabilita taqa fuq dan il-gvern stupidu u inefficenti.
wayne scicluna
Sep 21st 2012, 13:52
I think TM must be getting their ''great'' ideas from Fred Flintstone.
Toni Muscat
Sep 21st 2012, 13:39
More cars waiting to get on the ferry = "more pollution " . Less trees ( because some wise person in some form of GOV position thinks they are too big and will get in the way of cruise passengers getting off a ship = less filtered air which in turn makes ........... " more pollution " . Plans being talked about of a tunnel , which needs big fans to get the fumes from the cars in the tunnel = more ................... Pollution . What happened with all this Green talk here on the islands ? All I am seeing is more concrete , tar and unfinished road and sidewalk projects and less of the green I did 24 years ago. Disgrace !
F Sultana
Sep 21st 2012, 12:49
One lane roads is a key to more accidents and more confusion!! Well done to those who have planned them you have done a great job!!!! (NOT)
Lucienne Dimech
Sep 21st 2012, 12:35
How typical
Joseph Grima
Sep 21st 2012, 12:34
Can't wait for Carnival...
Mr Tony Gatt
Sep 21st 2012, 14:06
You don't have to- it's carnival every day in Malta. The clowns are on the job 365 days a year.
Francis Bonello
Sep 21st 2012, 14:24
Well, Mr Grima, it ia ALL year round in Malta!!!!
Joe Grech
Sep 21st 2012, 14:42
A lot of other places around Malta where you can enjoy a decent carnival
Anthony Galea
Sep 21st 2012, 12:28
We now all know that PN does the opposite to what the people wants. So if you want this situstion vot gonzi pn
E. Azzopardi
Sep 21st 2012, 12:03
Although they were told to "listen" and not only listen but to "take action", it seems to me that no one is listening. Having said this many times, I am starting to wonder if we are all deaf.
Some days ago, Transport Malta stated that they are now satisfied that they have solved the traffic problems, especially in the mornings. We have solved nothing at any time of the day. We still have great traffic problems almost every hour. But can't those responsible see this?
Mr francis darmanin
Sep 21st 2012, 11:49
On first reading this I got the impression this was just a temprary measure. Then I realised it's actually a permanent measure done by the brains of the island also known as TM. Can I even believe it? Well, I now will believe that indeed anything can happen in Malta. Because when you put loyalty before competence you get lots of loyalty and plenty more incompetence!!!!
J Gouder
Sep 21st 2012, 11:42
I go to Gozo frequently (i work in Malta but family resides there) and unfortunately, as soon as I saw how this road was coming out I immediately knew it was going to create HUGE problems. We have suffered incredible inconveniences from day 1 that the works started... That's fine, some inconvenience is expected during roadworks, but as it turns out, as soon as the road is opened, we will continue suffering the same problems that have been created!!
Many Gozitans returning home from work in Malta do not board from Cirkewwa with the car, but on foot. Now we will be forced to wait in line with the rest of the queu who are actually boarding with the car, because there's no other way to access the car parks! Granted, this doesn't happen so frequently, usually on busy weekends (such as this one, and carnival etc). But this chaotic situation was created, the queu was usually diverted to the side whilst the traffic NOT bound for Gozo ferry passed freely.
And this doesn't take into account if there is an accident, or an Arriva bus breaks down, and the road gets completely blocked!!. There have been cases where we are unable to even get off from the ship!!
Joe Scerri
Sep 21st 2012, 11:40
TM (Totally Maladroit)
Mr Alfred Baldacchino
Sep 21st 2012, 11:36
It is imperative that major roadworks start to be done at nighttime. On the European mainland, where six lane roads are the rule, they still resort to nighttime work.
In this we have the weather on our side !
Franco Mercieca
Sep 21st 2012, 11:30
Konna ahjar meta konna aghar
Eric Camilleri (Q)
Sep 21st 2012, 11:29
God help us if the under water tunnel becomes a reality and TM design and build it !
G curmi
Sep 21st 2012, 11:25
The maltese people deserves much better than this present goverment. Dr Gonzi pls let the people move foreward and call for an immediate election. We should not be treated like this.
Steven Smith
Sep 21st 2012, 11:45
would be no different under labour
J Busuttil
Sep 21st 2012, 11:59
@ G.curmi
It will be worse under Labour as there will be more cars on the road. Kif taf il-petrol sejjer jorhos.
E. Azzopardi
Sep 21st 2012, 12:07
Do you really believe that anything will be solved? We shall still go on as we are. Total inefficiency from both sides.
It seems to me that there are no competent people who could really make us go forward, not only in economy and jobs BUT IN EVERYTHING ELSE. Malta is not only about the economy and jobs, which of course are extremely important, but there are so many other aspects of running a country.
c scudi
Sep 21st 2012, 11:24
I find it incredible the stupidity of transport Malta and it,s employees.Drivers are given the least regard on the roads.Seems the planning department is only capable of drawing straight lines..
Charles Said-Vassallo
Sep 21st 2012, 11:22
One thing i cannot understand is how the road leading to Cirkewwa is single lane only !! With all the room there, double lanes would have been suitable.. Another stupid project !!!.
C Cassar
Sep 21st 2012, 11:47
It's single lane to stop the overspeeding that used to take place before. It's the correct design when taking into account the standards and mentalities of Maltese 'drivers. The jam will also teach the Maltese that they are extremely selfish in all wanting to own a car on a tiny island. It's simply not sustainable and was proven yet again this morning.
A. Galea
Sep 21st 2012, 12:19
The Maltese are extremely selfish (in all wanting ) and they all want to own a car...
Bet you don't have a car yourself C.Cassar! Why keep trying to defend the TM for this havoc?
I simply can't understand this mentality.
C Borg
Sep 21st 2012, 12:28
@C.Cassar
Mr Cassar you should call Enemalta to shutdown the power station because people are being very selfish by putting on ac's etc and that's not sustainable.
Looks like you either don't own a car or you never need to use this road!
C Cassar
Sep 21st 2012, 12:41
I'm not defending anyone. The single cause of all the congestion on Maltese roads is the sheer volume of traffic. Too many cars and the highest density of cars per road km in the whole of Europe. Why can't the Maltese understand or accept this fact? Building more roads simply generates more car sales and more traffic - fact.
These problems are cause by Maltese citizens who own private cars, no one else. It's very irrtitating to see these same people blame everything else under the sun except for themselves.
These situations will get more frequent and much worse but that's what the Maltese deserve because they won't change voluntarily. It will need a huge stick and a big boot to get anything changed in Malta.
M. Cardona
Sep 21st 2012, 12:58
Ms C Cassar,
once more dishing out at anything Maltese like there's no tomorrow.
Do you own a car? Do you drive your car on this tiny island? Or is it perchance chauffeur driven?
It must be really frustrating to be stuck in Malta when you evidently hate Malta so much. So why do you keep defending government entities?
paul camilleri
Sep 21st 2012, 11:22
This is utterly ridiclous, when will TM and the genius who is designing these roads relise that we are living in the 21st century and not the 18th!!
Our roads needs to be upgraded to the 21st century and not a simple make over..
roads need to be planned properly and widened not converted into single lanes with wide centre strips and pavements!!!!!
C Buttigieg
Sep 21st 2012, 11:21
Thanks to the Police Officers on duty the situation is very much under control with multiple lanes waiting to board. The truth is that half of Malta has decided to spend the last long weekend of summer in Gozo ... What can I say? Things are not as bad as some would like it to be!!
Charles Vassallo
Sep 21st 2012, 11:18
@ Transport Malta
Thank you for ruining my day.
I read this quote some time back.... aptly befitting the idiots who work within your department, "You can be sincere and still be stupid."
C Cassar
Sep 21st 2012, 11:44
oh please grow up. It was a traffic jam, so what? They happen all over Europe and on a much, much larger scale.
The situation this morning simply shows the selfishness of so many Maltese who insist on owning cars rather than using the public transport network. They really have no concern about anyone else, so hopefully these situations (which will only get worse) will teach them a good hard lesson.
How predictable that so many keep blaming the 'authorities'. This road has been improved greatly from the dangerous race track it was before.
Simple solution to all those in the jam this morning - use the bus.
Eve Axiaq
Sep 21st 2012, 11:14
Esperti u konsulenti hemm kemm trid. Kollha mhallsin il belli liri minn butna u jaghmlu qassata wara ohra. Din mhix irresponsabilta dr Gonzi?
Toni Borg
Sep 21st 2012, 11:29
imbilli responsabilta ta qajfas jew pilatu? x'ha tamillhom jew x'ha jigri? XEJN! Qatt ma gara xejn. Anzi ir-risposta lil poplu tkun "Oqghod hemm ja Gahan Malti"
jien ma nersaqx l'hemm ghax prezz bi prezz u hin b'hin; low cost flight ticket bir-return tmur fin-nofs u pjacir triplu.
John Azzopoardi
Sep 21st 2012, 11:11
welcome to the real world.........doesn't anyone issue advisors to avoid roads. Maybe we need a traffic report as in other western countries on tv and radio
D Borg
Sep 21st 2012, 11:02
WHO is assuming PERSONAL LIABILITY?
If nobody, the buck stops at Gonzi.
Steven Smith
Sep 21st 2012, 11:33
so speaks a LABOUR supporter :)
D Borg
Sep 21st 2012, 13:22
Mr. Smith
Learn how to read, and more importantly comprehend what you manage to read....
For your info i am not a LABOUR supporter.
It is people of your ilk, who do not know what shouldering one's responsibilities entails - that are holding our islands from developing politically.
TM have been ruining roads financed by our taxes and EU funds, and worse even they stubbornly do not learn from their blatant mistakes - notwithstanding their attention had been drawn.
Thus if nobody at TM and the 'experts' they engage have offered their resignation and paid up for their umpteenth blunder, it is up to the Minister involved to shoulder responsibilty or get some heads rolling.
If the Minister fails to do any, it should be the PM job to clear the stooges.
Needless to say, if even the PM fails to do the clear out, the voters will do it.
E. De Marco
Sep 21st 2012, 11:00
Naghmlu Task Force ohra.........?!
Charles W. Sammut
Sep 21st 2012, 11:28
Surely, you mean Fjask Force.
D Caruana
Sep 21st 2012, 10:57
fl-opinjoni tieghi din it-triq giet tajba verita biex wiehed isuq bil-mod u ma jkunx hemm velocita zejda. L-akbar zball li sar fl-opinjoni tieghi hi li min fassal il-pjanti ta dawn it-toroq ma` hasibx ghal xjista` jigri f`kazz li tinqala emergenza. Wiehed ma jridx jinsa li L-Ghawdxin jaghmlu uzu min din it-triq kulljum, u ghalhekk l-aktar nuqqas kbir li hemm huwa li minhabba li triq hi mhux wiesa bizzejjed huwa ta` problema kbira biex l-ambulanzi jkunu jistghu isuqu bil-kumdita, bil-konsegwenza li jekk jehel it-traffic il-pazjenti Ghawdxin ikollhom aktar tbatija biex ikunu jistghu jitilghu fuq il-vapur lura lejn Ghawdex u vice versa lejn Malta.
Fl-opinjoni tieghi it-triq kellha tkun 2 lanes u mhux single lane jew ta lanqas tohlog passag fil-genb bhal barra min Malta bhal fil-motorways biex is-servizzi ta` l-emergenza u ohrajn ikunu jistghu jimxu minaghjr problemi. issa nahseb too late. ghax wara li ssir il-froga kullhadd gharef.
vella m
Sep 21st 2012, 10:57
Government are all complete and utter fools! Why are they doing their best to ruin this country??We need foreign ministers to solve Malta’s problems,ghax "Ic-Cwiec Maltin" m'ghandhomx hila.
Francis Bonello
Sep 21st 2012, 14:30
Veru, sewwa qal Tonio Fenech!!
joseph saliba
Sep 21st 2012, 10:55
But where are the engineers? Blogging or designing roads? Can't believe that Dr Gatt has switched profession.
David Farrugia
Sep 21st 2012, 10:49
It is a shame......how much we have to suffer under the present Government......maybe a few months more.
Charles Muscat
Sep 21st 2012, 11:22
If you new why ask?
Steven Smith
Sep 21st 2012, 11:34
and you think it will be different under labour....i dont think so
M Grima
Sep 21st 2012, 16:31
@Steven Smith
Well, being worse than GonziPN is impossible to achieve. Did you by any chance experience the roads in Yemen. They look exactly like ours only that no cars use them, except horse-drawn carts?
C Cassar
Sep 21st 2012, 10:47
At least you don't have the leathal situation that existed before which was treated like a racetrack trying to get the next ferry which was about to leave. So there was a traffic jam? No one got hurt and for once the Maltese car 'driver' was brought under control.
There's always an excuse found to complain in Malta.
W Cassar
Sep 21st 2012, 14:27
Im sorry but your attitude is plain wrong wrong wrong!
Just because some drivers use it as a race track you convert it to single lane? How old are you ?
There are certain contraptions to curb such abuses like speed cameras... but no we use a single lane system!
Now thats plain dumb!
George Smith
Sep 21st 2012, 10:38
Is-super engineers tat-Transport Malta!
Dawn nis li qedin jithalsu mill poplu. Tal misthija !!
Michael Borg
Sep 21st 2012, 10:33
use arriva uxxx oppsss they could pass either !!!
who was the GENIUS behind the computer designed road so !!!!!
Janet Bayes
Sep 21st 2012, 16:20
Maybe Michael Borg the arriva bus could get through if less people used a car! More people on the bus, equals less cars on the road, equals more room on the road.
m borg
Sep 21st 2012, 10:33
L-arroganza Amministrazzjoni bazwija ggib.
Paul Borg
Sep 21st 2012, 10:28
Being a Gozitan, I am one of those highly stupid workers who, together with other 1.2 million cars owners/year (counting only the ones that use the Gozo Channel service), use this road for work or for leisure twice every single working day.
I appreciate that the use of the brain cells is extremely difficult for TM working personnel, but let’s just try to think – not too much as it may hurt their microscopic mind - ONLY a little:
1. 1.2 million cars (and permanently on the increase) pass every year on the Gozo Channel Ferries and these arrive in bunches of 150 cars and more every half an hour.
2. To these one must add the numerous number of:
a. Arriva busses (normal and bendy – the new craze in Malta)
b. A lot of other Tourist busses
c. A load of mini busses used by workers, tourists and airport travelers
d. Trucks and trailers who speed up to 10km/hr because they are full of loads being delivered to and from Malta and Gozo.
Apart from the Ministers and the Ambulances (mind you I agree only with the latter) who being privileged have priority boarding and thus are always first in line, all the rest have to travel with the slowest speed of the heaviest trailer to arrive from Cirkewwa to Mellieha bay – a journey that sometimes takes more than ½ an hour. To add insult to injury, every now and then the Arriva bus or a super-heavily loaded truck decides to take a nap giving the chance to the daily commuter to stop and admire the beauty of our beloved nature. Believe me, when this happens the common person waiting in this turtle moving queue the first thing that comes to his mind at 5 or 6 in the morning is that the very intelligent person who designed this road is still sleeping in his bed maybe also having some fun alone or otherwise (it’s his/her right after all miskin!).
So dear Transport Malta decision maker useless lad, ASSUMING (?) you were chosen for this job because of your qualifications, certificates and competency may I ask one very simple question:
• What improvement is the present money spending chaos on this road going to give to us, common people, in the future if a bottleneck is still going to be present with this very nice money spending and highly inadequate new road?
A wise man once said: We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them – believe me Mr. Einstein was really wise! Thanks.
pat muscat
Sep 21st 2012, 10:28
No accountability; no one resigns? Is it the same minister responsible for this disgrace,whom Dr Gonzi has time and again defended?
E. Curmi
Sep 21st 2012, 10:26
Does this happen on a daily basis?? Or just because all malta is flocking to GOZO for a long we-ekend??
Steven Smith
Sep 21st 2012, 11:30
as far as i know this is the first time since the road has been opened !
M Grima
Sep 21st 2012, 16:35
@Steven Smith
This road has only been opened a few weeks ago and this was the first time where we had a long weekend. We shall experience this chaos every weekend in summer and every long weekend throughout the year. GonziPN will not work!
S. Azzopardi
Sep 21st 2012, 10:18
Yet another blunder in planning our roads! What is the sense in narrowing roads when in fact we need to widen them to make space for traffic. Perhaps some people belief that in this way people are discouraged to use their cars and use other means of transport and so reduce pollution. However, is it not obvious by now that this is not going to happen? The only thing this way of thinking has achieved so far is more carbon dioxide in the air produced from cars stuck up in traffic for a long time. Is this the way we want to reduce pollution on our islands? To all those in charge please re-consider this and widen the streets because countless of Euros are being spent in vain, since in a short time all these roads will inevitably have to be changed again to suit the flow of traffic.
R. Cilia
Sep 21st 2012, 10:15
Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad.
Peter Murray
Sep 21st 2012, 10:14
The more things change the more they remain they same -why is this perennial repetitive problem even considered as newsworthy because eveyone knows it will happen-except the authorities ?
George Calleja
Sep 21st 2012, 12:53
You know who said these words...the one and only Evarist Bartolo ...about his own Labour party!!!!
Joe Grech
Sep 21st 2012, 10:14
Morru Ghawdex u taraw l-istess, toroq dojoq, bankini wieghin b'rampi quddiem il-garage, imsejkna dawk li jamlu uzu minhom u parkegg ghal certu sidien tal-hwienet, minkejja l-Eko-Ghawdex ma hawn triq wahda ghal dawk li juzaw ir-roti.
Charles Cremona
Sep 21st 2012, 10:13
This is how Malta will look like shortly a complete traffic jam. As with everything else in this country nothing will be done to cut the number of cars on the road until it is too late.
Joe Scerri
Sep 21st 2012, 10:10
I guess when this so called terminal is ever completed it will be opened with the usual speeches, lights and general waste of taxpayers money
Paul Caruana
Sep 21st 2012, 10:04
Every sane person realizes that a dual carrageway all the way to the terminal is essential to deal with high rates of traffic on its way to Gozo that occur at the start of long weekends.
Everyone that is, except the experts at TM. Hopefully in the not too distant future, the "experts" will have the honesty to admit their mistake, and will start drawing up plans to widen this critical road to a dual lane.
Vincent Borg
Sep 21st 2012, 10:02
to whom it may concern (If there is one) at Transport Malta.
Gozo is suffering from your total incompetence.
anthony sultana
Sep 21st 2012, 10:02
Take a good look at the Xewkija roundabout, state of the art or?????????
Joe Anastasi
Sep 21st 2012, 10:01
It was obvious, even to the person with the most miniscule brain that this was going to happen, but our experts, evidently didn't see it.
Tony Borg
Sep 21st 2012, 09:59
The same MISTAKE repeated all over again by a different but more Arrogant Minister............
Have a look at the road of the Grans Harbour Marina and the Chaos they have to face on daily basis and that was Muliette.
Now we have Gatt.
AS the English say "Same shit with a different Name"
Carmel Grima
Sep 21st 2012, 09:58
nitlob lill-Onor. Dr. a. Gatt ikun hekk umli li jordna inkjesta fuq min ghamel dan l-ipjanar hazin jew jirrezenja hu minfloku jekk l-Awtorita tat-Transport haddmet perit fasulo u mhux kompetenti biex jippjana triq.
Mr Emanuel Farrugia
Sep 21st 2012, 10:29
Sur Grima,
Mela ma' tafx li c-'champion' Dr Austin Gatt jaghmel kollox bi studju profond u b'direzzjoni perfetta? Dan qatt ma' jiehu zbalji. Mela ma' tafx kemm ghandu konsulenti jahbtu ma' xulxin fil-Ministeru tieghu? Naqbel mieghek 100% habib.
Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
Konrad Scicluna
Sep 21st 2012, 09:55
Even at construction phase I pointed out (and sent photos to the times) that this is bound to happen but some people branded me a hardline labourite for critisizing something which was wrong from planning stages.
I am still waiting for the responsible persons at Malta transport to come forward and be accountable for ther mistakes and gross irresponsibility for wasting taxpayers money. I am also waiting for Gozo's five representatives to give us their views about this but so far total silence. Such a shame!
Joe Anastasi
Sep 21st 2012, 10:07
Mr. Scicluna, don't hold your breath.
Joseph Micallef
Sep 21st 2012, 09:54
Mhux ovvja? Ma nafx minn fejn gradwaw is-super mega ultra engineers tat-Transport Malta li kull triq li qed jagħmlu qed jagħmluha single lane.
Marelli ma jagħmlux waħda sura tat-Transport Malta. Taħwid, taħwid u aktar taħwid. Bankini wesgħin aktar mit-toroq infushom.
Is-super engineers tat-Transport Malta!
BTW, x'derilkom mis-super triq ġdida tal-Marsa? Jien ħsibt li jonqos jagħmlu wiċċ ieħor izda meta tħares sew lejn il-bankina, tinduna li l-uċuħ huma filfatt lesti!
DIŻAŻTRU. Jekk tqabbad erba t'titfal jagħtu wiċċ ġdid, jagħmluħ smooth aktar minn dik il-porkerija! Issuq minn ġo din it-triq u il-karozza tiela u niezla qisni għaddej naqsam il-baħar!
Dik eċċellenza ta' toroq ta' "livelli ewropej" kif ddeskrivihom GonziPN!
Austin grech
Sep 21st 2012, 09:51
hope those responsible for the design of this blunder will be held respondsable one day soon.
Joe Anastasi
Sep 21st 2012, 10:05
Ma tarax, sur Grech. Ahna Malta qedin ta. Jekk tikritika jejdu li qied ixxewwex kontra il gvern.
Nobody in government, or government departments is ever held responsible for anything here. They all know it best.
Kenneth Bonnici
Sep 21st 2012, 09:48
So not even public transport can go through? we should call it Turnip Road as a tribute to the planners.
anthony sultana
Sep 21st 2012, 09:47
Malta and Gozo full of problems, and still growing.Strange problems keep surfacing.
Philip Grech
Sep 21st 2012, 09:45
Ghax ma rajtux il-genn li kien hemm mir-roundabout li jiehdok ghal Hal-Luqa minn Hal-Qormi sa Haz-Zebbug. Dont siegha biex ghaddejta u wasalt id-dar. Dizorganizzazjoni organizzata.
N. Agius
Sep 21st 2012, 09:42
The message is very clear>>>>... choose a different destination on long weekends.
Mr Tony Gatt
Sep 21st 2012, 10:46
Like where?
Philip Grech
Sep 21st 2012, 11:56
via siracusa, catania and ragusa then straight to gozo. hekk mr. agius?
M Grima
Sep 21st 2012, 16:38
Very funny. And what if I live in Gozo, do you suggest I swim it from St. Paul's Bay.
joseph hili
Sep 21st 2012, 09:38
GTA and GBC should have protested before
Patrick Zammit
Sep 21st 2012, 09:35
TM, there to serve you mill-koxxa!
Pierre Mangion
Sep 21st 2012, 09:30
and everyone clap for the geniuses at TM who design our roads....bunch of amateurs - start from the top to the bottom of this pedantic organisation.
Russell Fenech
Sep 21st 2012, 09:29
ara jkunx hemm xi bravi u jibda jeqred li waslet ambulanza tard issa !!!
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