Motorist vents his frustration over potholes

Julian Borg

Feb 21st, 11:10

Thankfully Reggie Miller Street in Gzira was patched up a couple of days ago, How long this patchwork is going to last is anybody's guess. A water pipe supplying thousand of gallons of water to a block of flats, was in grave danger of bursting as it became exposed in a hole 3 inches deep. Hundreds of cars and trucks where thumping on it as if there was no tomorrow.

Thomas Rubicon

Jan 23rd, 06:43

"To the Government of the day (caretaker or not - blue or red):
.....We have said our piece ..... now ignore us, as you usually do!

Of, I forgot, you have better things to do ... under your tents on Sunday mornings, whitewashing your hypnothised followers."

paul camilleri

Jan 22nd, 16:29

Pot holes what are those?? in tal Grazija area in Zebbug Malta we proudly can boast of craters the size found normally on the moon No thanks to our local or should i say unlocal council!!! it is noted that residents in that area have called and reported these craters numerous of times. thanks to a Labour run council all we need now is their masters in government!!!!!

Paul Hawker

Jan 22nd, 14:54

Never mind the paint, Malta will do better to change the makers of glue they use to fill in the holes, the sooner it rains hard the gravel is uprooted once more,worst place i reckon is in Gozo from Qala to the ferry and the continuation Qala to Victoria, its bloody murder, we imported our family car in good nick, paid an arm and a leg to your TM vat reg.had the audacity to charge me road tax & al

D Zarb

Jan 22nd, 14:52

What potholes? In Zabbar we have workmen patching last years patches. You cannot count or see the potholes for the road. In Birgu the street in front of the police station is a hopeless case and to add insult to injury it even has sleeping policemen. Things can only get better.

Joseph N. Attard

Jan 22nd, 13:45

Anyone thinking of doing the same in Malta had better think twice. Will all the paint stocked in Malta suffice?

Lawrence Fenech

Jan 22nd, 13:38

You manage to remember the old pot holes but you have to get used to the new ones. It is not the first time that you see a car swerving in your direction to avoid a pot hole, what joy.

Thomas Rubicon

Jan 22nd, 13:33

On this subject of potholes.... not only that, but badly maintained or laid roadworks.
Arriva's fleet of new (yes, yes, I know, the Mercedes Bendys are not new!) have been wrecked by the very poor state of our roads. These new buses make as much clang as did the former fleet.

M Grima

Jan 22nd, 13:31

This guy and probably another 100 like him could have a full time job for the next 5 years if they decide to come over to Malta. The Dorset County Council should take note that if it is illegal to spray-paint the road, it is even worse not to fill up these pot-holes. The same applies to GonziPN and the local councils.

Tony Ellul

Jan 22nd, 13:25

Wow, name, address and contact of this guy please. He'd need to go through bucket loads of paint by the time he gets any close to doing the same paint job for the pot holes in Malta

Peter Murray

Jan 22nd, 13:01

Why is it we always have the time and money to do things time after time again and again-like poorly constructed roads and their repair (using inferior techniques and materials mostly) but never have the time and money to do them right and proper in the first place ?I think this is what is called false economy(amongst other justifiable accusations)

Simon Vella

Jan 22nd, 12:46

Think if he would come to Hal- Dwin and Partri Pelagju Streets in Zebbug he would have a heart attack. All pleas to Zebbug local council fall on deaf ears. What's important is that prior to council elections they came with plans for playing field upgrading.

Keep waiting residents!!!!!!

Paul Caruana

Jan 22nd, 12:43

In all fairness, a lot of work has been done over the past several years on improving road surfaces in Malta: a lot more work still needs to be done, so I definately agree that we should maintain public pressure on the powers that be until each and every public road in Malta is done up to the required standard.

E. Azzopardi

Jan 22nd, 11:53

We have done some streets and roads but the others have been abandoned. We need ALL our roads and streets to be safe. I am not asking that these should be up to EU standards, which they should be now, but at least fill those blessed holes immediately,

Weather is no excuse. Abroad they build autobahns in the snow and in record time.

Mr mike Knight

Jan 22nd, 11:22

I beg to differ, its not using spray-paint on public roads, what i think it is DANGEROUS & ILLEGAL are the numerous pot holes are supposedly to be repaired with the money we pay the government from our road tax & council taxes, as a resident in Gozo this should apply to these islands as well, how many times do we read the driver lost control hence an accident, most are caused by bad surfaces.

Pippo de Marco

Jan 22nd, 11:18

There isn't enough room between the Potholes to write anything more than Fi ....

Peter Murray

Jan 22nd, 10:55

Not enough white paint in the world to identfy our pot-holes and never mind painting on the road - aren't pot-holes illegal or rather poorly maintained roads?Still, like the holes in the cheese ,these holes were once road!

R ferriggi

Jan 22nd, 10:47

THE ROAD FROM MELLIEHA ROUNDABOUT ( BELLEVIEW) TO XEMXIJA CAN BE PAINTED WHITE.

IT IS A DISINTEGRATED SHAMBLES.

John Borg

Jan 22nd, 10:42

To all below....In Malta it would be cheaper to spray where there are NO pot-holes. Like that you would not need a container of paint.

Karl Borg

Jan 22nd, 10:36

our roads would be covered in white paint..

Mr Ernest Vella

Jan 22nd, 10:30

Kieku naghmel hekk Haz-Zebbug kieku container zebgha ma jserviniex!!!

Mark Tagliaferro

Jan 22nd, 10:26

May I point out that there are a number of new large potholes in valley road which could cause severed damage and / or a bad accident?

Paul Azzopardi

Jan 22nd, 10:16

In Prague people are very outspoken and direct. They have/had taken to spraying yellow spray around the obvious pot holes, this helped them to be noticed by other drivers and also accentuated the location of the pot holes for any of the local council members to get about and fix them. NOT A BAD IDEA AT ALL , WOULD DEFINATELY HELP WITH OUR POT HOLES IN MALTA TO BE NOTICED FOR COUNCIL REPAIRS....

Stefan Gauci

Jan 22nd, 10:11

how many litres of paint would it take to highlight every pothole in the Maltese Islands.... This Dorset Motorist would go insane in Malta!!!!!!!! LOL