Updated: Xewkija-Victoria road inaugurated

Matthew Grima

Dec 5th 2012, 12:30

Bravo!!! *sigh*.

Charles Muscat

Dec 5th 2012, 12:09

In Sydney we are having an orbital connection of highways of 40km called the Westlink M7 to the cost of $A2.23 billion. However we still complain.

David Mizzi

Dec 5th 2012, 01:29

So what's the big deal...? We're paying 'just enough' taxes to have all our roads better than this... ! No news value at all.... just plain political propaganda !... which road's next ?

Mario Pandolfino

Dec 4th 2012, 21:21

Prosit ta kollox PN. Il gid li hawn thossu u tmissu f'idejk u qed jgawdi minnu kulhadt.

anthony sultana

Dec 4th 2012, 17:36

What is happening on our islands, specially on the roads, is disgusting, cutting trees, narrow roads,bottle neck roads, houses in the middle of the roads, some roads looks like a rough sea.2012 and still the same like when I was born almost 100 years ago.Well we must try other new people to manage our islands.

Andrew Borg

Dec 4th 2012, 16:58

I have barely seen a tree in the video clip

Jeffrey Mallia

Dec 4th 2012, 16:41

3.1 Km road !! wow

Joe Scerri

Dec 4th 2012, 15:18

That's 3.87 million per km. I wonder what the price per km is for the really state of the art roads built by our Northern European neighbours and the time they take per km.

Chris Sammut

Dec 4th 2012, 14:50

As we speak in the locality that I live in the UK a big project is on the way, including the rebuilding of the motorway and the side roads around it. All it took to finish was 5 months and there s nothing else to do to it. Amazing. What you won t see after us Ministers or from the council showing off! And the reason is that it s their job!! Let s cut these 'fanfarunati'

m. borg (slm)

Dec 4th 2012, 13:49

Twelve million euros for a road!!! Why is it paved in gold? Should have had puss in booths to inaugurated but then Austin Gatt is the next best fairy tale character.

C Falzon

Dec 4th 2012, 13:33

Mela din it triq giet tiswa xi miljun fix xahar.

Daniel Borg

Dec 4th 2012, 12:49

Ill kem giet olja.. 12milion divide by 3.1kms = 3800 per meter.. listes nibqaw

jane galea

Dec 4th 2012, 12:43

Nixtieq nigbed ghal attenzjoni ta minhu responsabli triq San Lawrenz li tiehdok il-pjazza kif ma tkomplietx,thalliet fi stat perikoluz bil-barriers fin-nofs minghajr dawl kif wkoll hajt imwaqqa go bankina ghal aktar min tliet xhur.Nixtieq li xi hadd jiehu hsieb qabel jwegga xi hadd.Jaqaw ghat-Transport Malta f' Ghawdex jghaddi kollox ?

Nixtieq risposta min ghankom TM.

jane galea

Dec 4th 2012, 12:37

Sa issa nghid proset ghax veru giet triq kif ghandha tkun,izda xi hu l-iskop li min hdejn l-Astra sa hdejn il-munument tal-Papa Gwanni pawlu II ma saretx,kif wkoll it-triq ta' San Lawrenz mill-fgura sal-pjazza il-flus ivvotati mhux mill-Imgarr sad-Dwejra skond Ministru Gatt kellhom jsiru.

Joe Scerri

Dec 4th 2012, 12:37

Within minutes like all new roads it will be ruined with patches of concrete from overflowing bowsers and trails of soil and rubble from trucks exiting from fields and construction sites. As usual no enforcement will be forthcoming.

A. Sultana

Dec 4th 2012, 12:25

Eee ghalhekk kienu qed jahdmu lbierah fl-ghaxija :) Fl-ahhar jumejn ghaddew id-dwal kwazi kollha, hawwlu s-sigar tar-roundabout tad-dahla tar-Rabat, wahhlu l-arti ta quddiem l-iskola, irrangaw id-dahla ta Strada Palma u hafna ohrajn. Kemm ihaffu fejn iridu!

Saviour Sam Agius

Dec 4th 2012, 12:24

New roads on eco-Gozo without bike lanes. Well done indeed.

David Borg

Dec 4th 2012, 12:04

The 12 m road is shamefull and certainly are not EU standard. When rain comes it is a disaster. They hold lot of water on the surface. They are horrible. Drainage is still a big problem in these new roads. You can smell it.

David Ryder Richardson

Dec 4th 2012, 12:02

I am now 68 years old and I think it most unlikely that I shall ever experience the tunnel between Malta and Gozo. I somehow doubt that my children or grand-children will, either. A few years ago there was talk of a cable car to connect Malta, Comino and Gozo. That was clearly "pie in the sky" (excuse the pun). I have a nasty feeling that the tunnel project will be "pie in the earth".

B. Storace

Dec 4th 2012, 11:50

Much ado about nothing. The road is still bumpy in places especially where tarmac meets tarmac. Ill-placed bus stops; too large roundabouts; no trees; not enough draining facilities. But I do love the sculptures. Well done artists.

A. Falzon

Dec 4th 2012, 11:46

Well done. Missing tunnel....... Why spend a few million on the feasibillity study when everyone knows that the tunnel will never be built. It would be insane to built it, spending as the Hon. Minister said a few weeks ago 600/700 million Euros on it.

dieter bulten

Dec 4th 2012, 11:34

So each meter of road cost 3870 Euros.... nice

Joseph Fenech

Dec 4th 2012, 11:20

Bhala xoghol,saret bicca xoghol tajba hafna,pero ir-roundabout tax-Xewkija hija perikoluza hafna,hemm dizlivell kbir fit-triqat u hemm bzonn titranga.

Paul Caruana

Dec 4th 2012, 11:04

At least we are getting rid of the old, "lunar surface" roads!

Having said that it is unaccepable that in 2012 we are unable to construct "state of the art" roads with adequate water drainage capacity for when the heavy rains come.

Austin Grech

Dec 4th 2012, 10:46

If it was built with some form of cutting edge technology that helps drivers drive better. I could fathom the pomp of opening this road. But it's not. Its just a simple ordinary road. That took too long to build, cost too much to pay and holds water when it rains. Hardly an event worth mentioning.

Joe Galea

Dec 4th 2012, 10:41

Prosit lil kull hadd tal-pastazata ta triq li saret. Kullimkien lane wahda, tappieri standard ta l-Ewropa ghax qishom pot holes, u l-aqwa bus stops f'nofs it-triq.

Paul Kew

Dec 4th 2012, 10:33

Yet again another road receiving EU aid. Would it have been done if there was no aid from the EU?

Konrad Scicluna

Dec 4th 2012, 10:25

Does this mean that TM, in their haste to inaugurate it, are accepting this street with all its problems?

Does it mean the residents have to make do with this type of road that keeps getting flooded everytime it rains heavily? See http://flic.kr/s/aHsjD1R7Wt

If this is so then it is really shameful and the EU who has given finalcial assistance should be advised as to what is being done.

John Portelli

Dec 4th 2012, 10:19

If the minister of roads and communications inaugurated every road they open every day in Australia ,that would be the only thing he would be doing.What's the big deal .It's his job to rebuild roads.