Sliema ferries €1m project excluded sea water flooding

Anna Spiteri

Feb 11th, 14:06

Why am I not surprised?
I Senglea, 1.8m euros are being spend on a new marina which we did not need, as we already had one! We needed a stormwater relief plan...and yes you guessed it..that we didn t get! And good solid benches are being thrown away and substituted with new ones! At least the ones we had were under the trees for shade...trees that are now very damaged! What a waste of money!

David Jones

Feb 10th, 19:39

Absolutely unacceptable

Peter Simpson

Feb 10th, 19:06

Imsomma ghan other 'Arriva' at the Ferries!

Peter Simpson

Feb 10th, 19:05

Vera burokrazija bla sens u l-id il-leminija ma tafx x'qed taghmel dik xellugija!

Joe Grech

Feb 10th, 19:04

I personally think this is a scandal, nothing short of that. How can Transport Malta 'upgrade the promenade and the state of the roads at the Sliema Ferries' without addressing the problem resulting from sea water flooding in the area?
The Minister responsible needs to explain this serious shortcoming to taxpayers.

Robert Muscat

Feb 10th, 18:55

nistaw ingibu billjun ewro funds kem iridu... jekk ha noqdu narmuwhom bdan il moghod....

Stephen Baldacchino

Feb 10th, 16:42

Tort tal PL u ta Joseph Muscat. :)

m. borg (slm)

Feb 10th, 16:40

Sliema residents deserve no better, unfortunately for the rest of us who are level headed.

Lawrence Fenech

Feb 10th, 16:16

Ghal haga wahda innehhilu il-kappell lil Gonzi ghax kull triq bit tarmak gdid halla swimming pool ghar-residenti.

Carmel Farrugia

Feb 10th, 16:16

Is this acceptable by the MInister George Pullicino?

Godwin Dalli

Feb 10th, 15:47

Can somebody tell CuC Malti how much EU funds on this project went down the s......?

James Grech

Feb 10th, 15:13

What a mess this country has been turned into!! Shame!!!

Pav Elliot

Feb 10th, 15:10

Dont worry TM, us tax payers will no doubt fork the bill for "attenuation measures" that will be needed to stop the fllooding. After all you could not be blamed for not doing anything about something u dont understand.

And we will have to pay another €1M to re-do the tarmac and sidewalk after the AM measures are effected.....looking forward to the under'sea' car park c/w AM measures.

Ms.D. Galea

Feb 10th, 14:51

Min fejn gibtu l esperti ghal dan il progett?
Mil kumpanijja li taghmel il LEGO toys?

M Grima

Feb 10th, 14:42

A €1 million project at the Sliema Ferries did not even attempt to solve the seawater flooding problem there, Transport Malta has admitted.

If I were the minister in charge of TM I would kick out everyone who is connected to this project. Oops, sorry I forgot that this is Malta and everyone does as he pleases with the blessing of GonziPN.

M Grima

Feb 10th, 14:38

Why worry, we could spend another €2 million just to keep the seawater flooding the area! This is Transport Malta and GonziPN - bad planning for which our taxes have to make good for their blunders!!!!

Joseph Goerge Borg

Feb 10th, 14:14

Once we claim part of nature, ie the sea, this has every right to claim it back.

B.C. Borg

Feb 10th, 13:41

L-aqwa li nistadu ghali voti ghax dik il-prijorita. L-ippjanar serju jigi wara. Ilha tant il il-problema tal-bahar fit-triq u qatt ma sar xejn!!

Mr mario aquilina

Feb 10th, 13:36

Again-Cannot get anything right at the first go. What a palava.

Anthony Mizzi

Feb 10th, 12:25

U ISSA?

Kollow jibqa' ghaddej is-soltu .. u min ihallas tar-rapporti kollox jitlaq bhala parti mill "QATRA FL-OCEAN"?

Kmm sejrin indumu b'din l'attitudni ta "Xejn ma hu xejn " ghax ihallas il-poplu?????

Ronnie Callus

Feb 10th, 12:17

Kollox minn siequ jghamlu, imbaghad jergu jitolbuna ntuhom fiducja ghall 5 snin ohra. Nini Nini nghidulu lil Dr.Gonzi. Billi joqghod jghid kemm gab flus mill EU meta imbaghad jonfoqhom hazin bhal dan il-kaz u ohrajn simili. U fuq kollox mhux xogholu kien li jgieb dawn il-flus tal-poplu Malti kollu u mhux jitqasmu bejn tal-Klikka.Ma' jinsiehx li dawn kollha gejjien mit-taxxi taghna u pajjizi ohra.

Daniel Borg

Feb 10th, 12:14

U ijwa mux miljun biss giet... €49,000,000 qatra fl ocean ta, ahseb wara miljun

Martin Saliba

Feb 10th, 12:10

A €1 million project at the Sliema Ferries did not even attempt to solve the seawater flooding problem there, Transport Malta has admitted.

The proper authorities will solve the sea water flooding by divirting the water into the underground car park whenever this is built .

David Farrugia

Feb 10th, 12:09

Another good example of bad practice. Used to these, aren't we?

Joanne Micallef

Feb 10th, 11:59

Whats another million down the drain, right?

PM Camilleri

Feb 10th, 11:53

Money no problem! EU funded. What's to worry about?!

Martin Saliba

Feb 10th, 11:49

A €1 million project at the Sliema Ferries did not even attempt to solve the seawater flooding problem there, Transport Malta has admitted.

The proper authorities will solve the sea water flooding by divirting the water into the underground car park whenever this is built .

Mario Mamo

Feb 10th, 11:47

BTW any commissions involved here? Just wondering...there may not.

Daniel Borg

Feb 10th, 11:38

U ijwa... €49,000,000 huma qatra fl ocean.. muma xejn.. ahseb wara miljun bis

m. borg (slm)

Feb 10th, 11:37

Nort taking into consideration that the asphalting stopped at the Nazzarenu church leaving the rest up to the ex-water disillination plant undone and which happens to be the bumpiest.

Also new asphalt can be seen being dug into again at the ferries.

Sliema residents should note this when they go to vote how gonzipn wasrtes money to catch their vote. But then I'm sure will fall on deaf ears.

Kenneth Williams

Feb 10th, 11:33

Allura jekk stess jsir dan il parking dal 1m euru li infaqna kollha ghalxejn???? nahseb li jekk isir trid terga tinqala t triq. Mela veru progett ghax gejja l elezzjoni. Hallas poplu la ix xitan jrid hekk.

Joe Borg (Senior)

Feb 10th, 11:31

l-aqwa l-ghagla ghal-elezzjoni. Tal-misthija!!

Ian James

Feb 10th, 11:31

The sheer incompetence of those working on and the time taken on this project beggars belief . That such a tiny area of Sliema can take so long for what now transpires is a simple re-asphalting project is tantamount to criminal waste of time and resources. And let's all be honest.. if/when an underground (below sea level) car park is ever built there.. would you entrust your car there??

Julian Mompalao de Piro

Feb 10th, 11:30

Simply UNBELIEVABLE! All that investment, all the inconvenience and the most obvious thing was ignored. Stinks of incompetence or worse.

Joe Scerri

Feb 10th, 11:30

The usual gross incompetence from Malta's favourite bunglers, closely followed by MEPA and ARMS.

Jay Oatmon

Feb 10th, 11:26

How daft can you be - still I suppose it was rushed through before the election, so that some people / contractors got a nice benefit - but the public got a second rate half/project (as usual in Malta).

Joe Morana

Feb 10th, 11:11

Sliema is suffering from unsustainable overdevelopment with the consequential Sliema Traffic Problems and therefore badly needs the long overdue Sliema Holistic Traffic Management Plan which would identify causes and remedies to the prevaling traffic probelms

Lawrence Fenech

Feb 10th, 11:05

Kollox rasu l'isfel flok solvew il-problema ta' ilma bahar li qed jghaddu minnhu kollu melh tal bahar karozzi li iswew il flus imma l'importanti li ghal ghajn in-nies naghmlu bankina li diga kienet hemm.

Joe Morana

Feb 10th, 11:04

"A €1 million project at the Sliema Ferries did not even attempt to solve the seawater flooding problem there, Transport Malta has admitted."
Regrettably Transport Malta has again opted in favour of a half baked project. Similarly it seems that TM is projecting an underground car park without upgrading the prevailing overloaded traffic capacilty of the access roads (Sliema - Gzira -Strand)

Joseph Arpa

Feb 10th, 11:04

Promises promises and last minute projects in the name of votes. Oh I just cant wait for another PN government!!!!! NOT

Charlene Bonnici

Feb 10th, 10:53

Shame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Victor Rodenas

Feb 10th, 10:52

Will you park your car in the underground car park to be built there? If there is an electrical failure the water pumps will not work and all cars will be submerged in SEA Water.

Robert Agius

Feb 10th, 10:51

.....money down the drain, the floods are the main reason why the whole promenade needs maintenance. Of course, I'm sure you are keeping your friends in mind for more lucrative business. Hallas gahan Malti.

Mr R.E. Saliba

Feb 10th, 10:50

Here we go again with the underground car park project.
The spokesman doesn't inspire confidence by saying 'attentuation' which is a far cry from 'solving'.

Those planning to use the car park had better invest in a submarine.

Victor Pulis

Feb 10th, 10:32

It's a TM project. Did anyone expect the problem to be included?!

Gustav Svensson

Feb 10th, 10:26

Hahaha, did anyone get fired?

B. Borg

Feb 10th, 10:18

“Such interventions lay outside the remit of the present road upgrade project works,” in other words, the aim of this project is to be finished before the elections, will look good and hold together for a couple of months

Raymond Micallef

Feb 10th, 10:08

The attempt in solving the seawater flooding will not attract 'votes' as this time!!!! Only the asphalting and the upgrading of the promenade is visible by the passers-by, who will eventually vote next month. And those are the priority as every vote counts!!!!! \and as the saying goes' Money down the drain - or even better down the sea in this case!!!!!!'

Lucienne Dimech

Feb 10th, 10:00

How can anybody think of any project and not cater for such an obvious problem? We all know what happens at the ferries, but TM seems to be unaware? Shame . But then this is accountability at its best in Malta

Noel Abela

Feb 10th, 09:47

Half baked project that impact public finances which all of us have to pay for.

John L Galea

Feb 10th, 09:47

Another certificate of great incompetence and squandering of public money by GOnziPN