Malta’s roads worse than those in Malawi

Alex Buds

Mar 19th, 01:05

Well, things are worse than I thought in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Pakistan then...

Valerie Toms

Mar 18th, 23:28

As a visitor from the uk I have seen a vast improvement to the roads and infrastructure over the last twenty five years when first coming on holiday to malta in 1988 the roads were very rough and gravelly. A great improvement well done to the maltese !!!!!!!!!

Carmel Camilleri

Mar 18th, 12:28

GOZO’s roads especially those of Victoria are literally infested with holes. Our roads are a disaster and it is high time that they are resurfaced or rebuild.

GOZO has always been treated as second class. I hope that with the new administration this situation will change

Catherine Grech

Mar 18th, 07:02

Dose anybody truly believe this survey What a lot of rubbish ! Do you all think that there are no pot holes anywhere else in the world or do you all live in a cocoon ?Comparing Malta to Malawi or Pakistan ?there is
no comparison .Malta has come along way in the last 20 odd years and its a pity that those that live in Malta can not see the improvements .Stop being political and move forward !

tony abela

Mar 18th, 06:39

Now everybody is talking. It appears that the fact that we had an inefficient government for the last 25 years is already forgotten and if miracles do not happen over night the fault will be attributed to the new Government who during the first week in office had to go and seek the basic stationery to make the simplest office work of jotting notes on a piece of paper.

David Magro

Mar 18th, 06:34

X `kien qieghed jaghmel AG u Manuel delia f`dawn l-ahhar 5 snin? Dan hu c-certifikat li taghtu WEF u mhux il-PL. Fallew bil-kbir u bl-ikrah.

Gorg Sciberras

Mar 18th, 06:32

Obviously executives in Malawi, Pakistan and Zimbabwe have far lower expectations than executives here. I think this survey is more of a result of the extremely critical anti-everything Maltese mentality than any objective assessment.

Silvio Cassar

Mar 18th, 00:18

kullhad jmaqdar is sewwa awn,allura issa ser jitranga kollox?mawn xejn sew?M HAFNA AFARIJIET XJITRANGAW NAQBEL,pero qed tmaqdru iz zejjed,AWN XI HAD JGHIDLI KEM SER JORHOS il GAS?HALIB?HOBZ? U L'AFARIJIET L'OHRA LI I LP AMEL STORJA U BIBJA DWARHOM?JEW B LIRHIS TA DAWL U ILMA ??? MA AHNIEX SER NARAW IKTAR NIES B'IDEJHOM VJOLA BIL KESHA,BHAL MA KIEN QAL MEMBRU PARLAMENTARI FUQ PROGRAM?

HALUNA HEY

Saviour Vella

Mar 17th, 23:12

Nikkalkula. li lis stess main ta l'ilma quddiemi, f'sena wahda, gie irrangat madwar 8 darbiet. Kull darba jittaqqab il plastik. Triq gdida spiccact kollha kanali, fi zmien qasir. Ahjar meta il pajpijiet kieni tal hadid, ghax rari kont nara tiswijiet u sfrejgu tat toroq

Wilfred Camilleri

Mar 17th, 22:38

Check "Triq il-Forga" in Naxxar if you want to see a street worse than Malawi streets! The street is a bad accident waiting to happen and someone is either going to break a leg or tow or a car is going to drive into the valley on the undeveloped side of the street on a dark and stormy night! The houses and apartments on this street have been up for years but neither the local council nor the MTA s

Andrew Cilia

Mar 17th, 22:13

I've spent enough time in Kenya to know that if their roads rank 72 whilst ours rank 103, then this report is absolutely worthless when it comes to road quality at least. That is not to say that our roads leave little to be desired but still.

If these are the types of figures the WEF is coming out with, then we really don't have any proper benchmarks to go by.

John Camillleri

Mar 17th, 22:01

How I would like to live in Malawi, Zimbabwe or Pakistan!!

R Bull

Mar 17th, 21:54

WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT ??

All you need is "Par idejn sod" to hold the steering wheel so that you drive steadily over the potholes without "losing control" of the vehicle - or ? ..

No problem, mate.

mark borg

Mar 17th, 21:37

Mela mhux talli Gonzi mela malta b eluf kbar ta immigranti illegali imma talli hallilna it toroq tat tielet dinja u fuq in net jpingina qisna xi Leichtenstein .

M Cassar

Mar 17th, 21:31

It would be interesting to know which business interests these executives have and whose idea it was to report on quality of roads rather than Malta's port facilities ranking for example which is fifteen out of 140.

Of course it would have been ideal to list all Malta's rankings and give a better indication of where the participants's interests were but a fair view might be too much to ask!

G G Debono

Mar 17th, 20:55

It is amazing how uptight we get when it comes to cars, roads, fuel prices etc.

Pothohes etc pale into insignificance when compared to the anarchic insane and dangerous driving on our roads. .

Gustav Svensson

Mar 17th, 20:53

And well, the list of things that can be improved is long but there has been a complete lack of leadership.. time to dig in..pastizzi and carcading does not solve any problem.

Tatiana Heraghty

Mar 17th, 20:41

There is no need for such survey to understand the obvious:Malta needs to repair its roads. Hope the Labour government will do something about it. But then again, Malta would become too perfect then and it will attract too many immigrants from..lets say UK, whose economy is hopeless case under the government of Mr Cameron.

Joe Brincat-LL.D

Mar 17th, 20:36

Which explains why Manuel Delia, who declared that his profession is "politician", fell on his way to Parliament.

Alan Xuereb

Mar 17th, 20:27

I typed pakistan roads and got this
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42941000/jpg/_42941523_pakistan_getty.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6669057.stm&h=300&w=416&sz=33&tbnid=pSsBk3vS-AomYM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=125&zoom=1&usg=__cGSQKrPPMrnCj5ejfm7KsqAyGY8=&docid=Zi89R11PANIH9M&sa=X&ei=tBhGUfTcE-ep4ASh1oCQCQ&ved=0CDoQ9QEwAg&dur=609

Alan Xuereb

Mar 17th, 20:20

ANd best part of it all!!! people of MALAWI ZIMBABWE AND PAKISTAN flee to ......MALTA!!!!!!!!!!!

R Bull

Mar 17th, 20:02

No problem with a mountain bike :-)

Keith Cauchi

Mar 17th, 19:43

...and this is where I'd put a sign proudly sporting the words "This Road has been neglected by Toqob Malta".

You've asked for it chums, now get back to work and make our roads worthy of a European nation!

Charles Massa

Mar 17th, 19:40

Certifikat iehor ta GONZIPN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dora Smith

Mar 17th, 19:23

@J Martinelli the bias in your comment is unbelievable ....... were the roads rated by the 4th floor executives in 2009 as well ???? http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090913/local/roads-in-malta-worse-than-zimbabwe-report.273132

James Dewar

Mar 17th, 19:10

It seems they are on a par with the pothole littered roads of Southern Scotland!

Joe Tabone

Mar 17th, 19:00

The new PL movement will solve this, no reason to panic.

Carmel Ellul

Mar 17th, 18:06

No surprise from the business communitee.
there isn't one single industrial estate with decent access roads.
Hal Far is one of them , it has been ina chaotic state these last 4 years.
The same in Koradino and Mriehel.
This , I believe , is the responsibility of MIP , but for some reason is very low in their priority.

G Schembri

Mar 17th, 17:39

The most ridiculous thing about Maltese roads is that where there are no pot holes we get what is commonly known as "sleeping policemen". One way or another our cars are always going over bumps and holes. I pity all those people who are in pain and have to travel on our roads.

Pule' Carmel

Mar 17th, 17:19

Well we are certainly getting a mention in international circles with, bad roads, corruption, obese children, Mepa and the Courts peculiar decisions, Contractors with infinte power, and others which I shall not mention.

Carmel Camilleri

Mar 17th, 17:01

GOZO’s roads especially those of Victoria are literally infested with holes. Our roads are a disaster and it is high time that they are resurfaced or rebuild.

GOZO has always been treated as second class. I hope that with the new administration this situation will change

Lino Camilleri

Mar 17th, 16:25

SHAME ON YOU LABOURITES, you cannot accept the progress that your country has gone through these last 25 yrs. Have you forgotten what the PL has left behind in 1987 - L.Sant's roads built on soil with some cold asphalt and no finishings. The EU funds that made the difference and today we can boast of high level roads with all finishings. The majority are ready. Let's now see if PL can do as much??

Cornelius Murphy

Mar 17th, 16:04

Everyone is missing the point that the surveys were done by people from the respective countries and so are neither objective, nor scientific. For example, a Malawian might think Maltese roads are very good compared to his own country's, just German roads will surely be rated higher by a Maltese person than by a German.

R. Cilia

Mar 17th, 15:35

When once, a person phoned on a radio programme and commented on the bad state of the roads , Dr. Gonzi replied' Expatriates who come to Malta for their holidays always congratulate me on the beautiful round-abouts we have'. Enough said!

stephen koludrovic

Mar 17th, 15:27

The only decent road we have is St Ann's street in Floriana, and we all know who built that.

James Portelli

Mar 17th, 15:26

While there is no smoke without a fire it is equally true that this report is based entirely on subjective (not objective) research where the countries (or respondents) are not tied to a common objective standard.

It might be worth visiting Pakistan, Malawi or Zimbabwe to verify ...Not that our roads are good; but theirs are infinitely worse.

Mrs Joana Pura

Mar 17th, 15:16

Such case can be a subject of a criminal case. Where are the money? Why on the expenses of the contributors(car repairs, spare parts) some companies are getting a fortune and giving back such a poor service?

Joseph Borg

Mar 17th, 15:08

Why is the Tarmac used for surfacing our roads Water Soluble?

Anyway, lets blame it on Joseph Mizzi he is the Minister responsible now.

I hope his ministry has not been looted at well!

Rita Coleiro

Mar 17th, 15:06

dear Andrew Saliba,

Int qed tejghd li konna nitilfu l fondi li kien hemm Labour fil gvern icekja sew u tara kemm tlifna fondi kemm ilu l gvern nazzjonalista qed tejghd bhal l ex kap tieghek li labour mhux kapaci jmexxu issa zmien itina prova minnu l ahjar li jmexxi dan il pajjiz.

G. Abela

Mar 17th, 15:01

And GonziPN always said 'Futur Fis Sod' hahah. This is what he meant, being on the same level of Malawi!!!

I hope no PN Blogger starts expecting these things to be fixed overnight now.

GL Calleja

Mar 17th, 14:46

Our roads are so bad is because the Government especially the incompetent infrastructure department does not know how to pick a good know how contractor who knows how to build decent lasting road. They have the machines but they do not have the proper know how and the proper monies that go with that know how. Most roads look fresh and smooth when first paved but they fall apart at the first rains.

Mr C Galea

Mar 17th, 14:37

I have said many times before and I shall say it again, all the money that is spent each year on fireworks displays across Malta should stop and a new system started where certain villages only are allowed to display fireworks each year on a roster basis.Then all the monies saved will be spent on newly covered road surfaces. We then can all drive safer on smoother roads and have less fatalities.

E. Azzopardi

Mar 17th, 14:32

Now isn't that something ! And the previous administration were so happy with the state of our roads.

It now remains to be seen how long we shall put up with these roads, under the new government!!
At least, be much more efficient in fixing PROPERLY AND EFFECTIVELY all those existing holes.

It is a shame to see potholes being filled up and days later we are back to square one! Dik il hela!!!!

jm busuttil

Mar 17th, 14:22

jm busuttil
Today, 08:47
The 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) reveals that Switzerland, Germany and Austria lead the world in terms of travel and tourism competitiveness, with Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Canada, Sweden and Singapore completing the top 10.

Malta ranks 24 up two place from 2011 from 140 countries.

http://www.weforum.org/issues/travel-and

J Martinelli

Mar 17th, 14:19

What a joke!
These surveys based on the opinions of 'top business executives', many of whom may have been regulars on the 4th Floor of the Glass House, may be skewed beyond reality.
How often does the WEF conduct the survey? I would bet one euro that the next one will place Malta in the top 50 without one single road being improved.. So incredible!

Alfred Farrugia

Mar 17th, 14:16

Car owners and drivers need to organize themselves if they wish the authorities to take them seriously. The Malta Automobile Club may provide such a forum, and it already has a number of items on its agenda. The condition of the roads – which are a disaster in several cases – is another important item.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Malta-Automobile-Club/484683321570286?fref=ts?fref=ts

Rodrick Azzopardi

Mar 17th, 14:12

Road quality surely wasn't a priority for gonzipn. And what sould we say about the ages it took to finish them. Gonzipn simply didn't deliver. One of my reasons to switch sides.

D Pace

Mar 17th, 13:50

where road tax has been designed to be the maximum Malta should at least have decent roads as a result, Malawi eh makes me cringe and solidifies my belief that Malta is a third world country!!

Claire Busuttil

Mar 17th, 13:41

Shame on ALL those responsible

John Cundy

Mar 17th, 13:27

The result of answers provided by the island’s top business executives in the WEF executive opinion survey.
How scientific! How significant! All based upon opinion. What quality evidence upon which to produce a 'report'.
I'd treat this with the contempt it deserves, it's a shame that others do not. I have driven on much worse roads around the world than Malta's but they could be improved.

Chris Debono

Mar 17th, 13:15

Well what do you expect if Malta has the most roads per square/km in the world?! It's impossible to maintain them all!

A Farrugia

Mar 17th, 13:12

Min jaħseb li dan ir-rapport qiegħed jigdeb, morru Triq il-Baċir, Raħal Ġdid u ppruvaw suqu fuq din it-triq b'iktar minn 40km fis-siegħa. Iċ-ċansijiet huma kbar li ser tkissru xi ħaġa fil-karozza tagħkom jekk tagħmlu hekk.

Colin Stanley

Mar 17th, 13:12

I know that most roads need surfacing, but honestly this photographer, must have been lying down to get the pothole look bigger.

Tonio Bone

Mar 17th, 13:11

I agree. This is one aspect that has never been given the right important. In a country the size of Malta and all the funds and assistance provided by the EU we should have all roads 'state-of'-the-art' and not just the major arterial roads of which the 'state-of-the-art' adage is often debatable!

Andrew Saliba

Mar 17th, 13:10

What a bunch of ridiculous comments. Our road infrastructure has seen dramatic improvement over the past decade. And mostly thanks to EU funds which we would have missed out on had Labour been in power. Issa naraw x'se jaghmel Joseph. Genna ta' l-art ha ssir Malta. U le, jahasra.

Lawrence Attard

Mar 17th, 13:07

Mhux kullhadd jaf? X'hemm gdid? Mela il PN hadu tkaxkira nobis ghalxejn?

Gustav Svensson

Mar 17th, 13:07

And this is for a country within EU, with lots of EU-funds coming in, with no extreem climate or war... says a little about how things are handled in Malta..

John Azzopoardi

Mar 17th, 13:04

2) The roads that need fixing are the residential area and those are the ones that make a difference. When I heard the news that the governement gave money to fix the Kercem church ic cuntier, I was shocked why the money was not sued to fix some of the wreched roads we have in Gozo.

John Azzopoardi

Mar 17th, 13:02

Yes they are....I have been writing about several roads at Nadur.....the one leading to Ramla in the residential area and the one leading to Imgarr and the roads are like a third world country. If the PN wants to know why they lost votes, that is one reason they lost my vote. My wonder is whether anyone will do anything now.........I mean PL. ONly time will tell. If not, my vote will swing again

M Vella

Mar 17th, 13:01

Who was the Minister responsible for our roads and was he given the 500 euro increase in his salary.Name and shame please.

Jeffrey Mallia

Mar 17th, 12:53

Please note, for all those people who used to say " we have state of the art roads "......

mario salnitro

Mar 17th, 12:45

Bet they came to Old College Street in Sliema !!
It is a disgrace to all Sliema residents.

MC Attard

Mar 17th, 12:40

Malta has gone up TWO places in "The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index 2013 and 2011 comparison" from position 26 to position 24!

Adriano Spiteri

Mar 17th, 12:35

A man with a stick once said "This is but a third world country in all but name"
Some laughed at him but after the laughs cease, one has to come to terms with reality
Ignorance is bliss. Reality is not

Jay Oatmon

Mar 17th, 12:33

I think the real reason for poor quality roads is funds are skimmed off from the budget.

Adriano Spiteri

Mar 17th, 12:24

A man with a stick once said "This is but a third world country in all but name"
Some laughed at him but after the laughs seize, one has to come to terms with reality
Ignorance is bliss. Reality is not

John F. Galea

Mar 17th, 12:23

Cannot digest the fallacy of such a survey Perhaps the island's top business executives were already changing sides or failed to carefully read the prior guidinance of how to fill in the survey.. Hence the adverse remarks. It's simply unbelievable that we rank lower than above-mentioned countries.

Jonathan Deeley

Mar 17th, 12:00

Immediately before the recent election politicians from both sides were falling over themselves to pledge a debt write off for the Arab school. I presume that this money will be financed from public funds ie taxpayers. Perhaps "charity should begin at home" ?

Eve Axiaq

Mar 17th, 11:55

Certifikat iehor ta AG.

Mr Henry A. Grima

Mar 17th, 11:49

Funny survey.
I read in a British newspaper this week that UK needs 10Bn to repair all the potholes in their roads.
So where is the UK in this survey??
And how can the survey be accurate when it's done by the people in their own country?

Lucienne Dimech

Mar 17th, 11:42

What a shame. How degrading. When will we do something serious about this? Is it time we stop paying road taxes till our rights are given ? That might move someone out his chair!!

Carmel Grima

Mar 17th, 11:29

Prosit Austin Gatt, this ranking must reflect your dismal record as minister responsible for 'roads' in Malta and Gozo.
Ing. Carmel Grima

Alfred J. McEwen

Mar 17th, 11:19

What about doing up that stretch of road in front of the old Gas Depot at Qajjenza it is, and looks an absolute disgrace and that also goes for most of the roads in Marsaxlokk. One hopes that this new administration will take heed and listen to the people of Qajjenza and Marsaxlokk and start doing something about fixing them

Edward Camilleri

Mar 17th, 11:09

The executives must have ranked our roads worse than these 3 countries because they have not gone in any. Not that we do not need to improve, especially in the pothole area, but one cannot start comparing our roads which such countries. Like what Mr. Sciberras below said, most roads in these countries are dirt track. Take Zimbabwe e.g. and same thing for Malawi.

james connor

Mar 17th, 11:02

as a visiter to malta i am just glad that the runway at luqa airport is in a better condition that your roads

Alex Falzon

Mar 17th, 10:57

This is ridiculous. A lot of roads have been re-built ... still more work to do ... but the road network has improved especially with EU financing

Mr Peter Korsten

Mar 17th, 10:55

Now I travel on mostly well-paved roads on the way to work (near the airport). But it's still a nightmare, because the roads don't have enough capacity, they don't have any redundancy, and there are too many roundabouts that become choking points. Even if the roads were perfectly paved, they'd still be a mess. For me, and for the economy as a whole, that should be of greater importance.

james connor

Mar 17th, 10:54

you should come to scotland,where i pay £300.00 in road tax per year ,when i am driveing i have to drive not in a straight line ,but round hundreds of pot holes,makeing driveing very dangerous,how much does it cost in road tax in malta

Joseph Zerafa

Mar 17th, 10:54

Ahna residenti ta Sta Margherita Mosta mill post fejn nghixu ta kuljum jinteressana. Qatt ma hadu hsieb. Tal misthija. Trid tkun residenti biex tkun taf xi tfisser.

Joseph Zerafa

Mar 17th, 10:51

It is really impossible to arrive to your home in Sta Margherita Mosta every day for a good 25 years and Roads are disastrous. Residents have paid for their roads and never done.The high wall facing the valley has never had any maintenance and is now in a dangerous state. Half way of Dawwret il wied is today a Forest full of trees. Please someone must show photos of the bad state of this .

Mr ALBERT LEONE GANADO

Mar 17th, 10:51

No wonder we need a separate minister of transport. The new minister has a tough job ahead of him and we hope that he can put together a team who can solve this problem of third word roads and give us a road infrastructure at par to that of other European countries. We look forward to a transparent roadmap plan and timelines.

M. Baron

Mar 17th, 10:49

tell us something we didn't know please...

Victor Vella

Mar 17th, 10:40

These are the relics and artifacts left by the regime of Gonzi. The above photo reflects the state of how GonziPN left Malta and his wrecked party. Now we are seeing on the media the way GonziRegime left government public offices resembling the photo above. Gonzi left a legacy of hatred and destruction everywhere. This is democracy of wrappers by an oligarchy of evil.

j brincat

Mar 17th, 10:39

@noel ellul

"Issa naraw il PL kemm sa jghamel toroq u jkompliu fejn halla il pn ,,,, mux imbilli MALTA TAGHNA IKOLL ISSA"

He surely cannot perform worse than Gonzi for sure!


jb

j brincat

Mar 17th, 10:38

Another record of shame - a legacy left by Gonzi!

Who will take responsibility for this - from Transport Malta?


jb

Kurt Vella

Mar 17th, 10:35

But Transport Malta is a huge success according to Gonzi PN !!!!

Gorg Sciberras

Mar 17th, 10:33

These surveys are ridiculous. I have worked in Pakistan and besides Islamabad and the main cities most of the roads are essentially dirt tracks where you risk your life every day!

Ben Agius

Mar 17th, 10:27

So does the new labour Govt intend to fix the roads? I mean fix them - rebuild them-not just patch them up!!! After 15 years for the outgoing Govt it's a shame they paid no attention to this important infrastructural issue. Is labour going to be any different? History shows that both parties have always paid lip service to this issue without really tackling the issue in a sustainable way.

D Axisa

Mar 17th, 10:23

Don't say now that is is PL's fault!

mr a borg

Mar 17th, 10:22

Is anybody surprised by this dismal ranking?! Didn't we know it all along? Btw do Malawians pay more road tax?

Charles Cremona

Mar 17th, 10:22

Parts of Malta still look like a third world country, more like Gaza then Europe, you only have to look at the state of some houses and uncompleted buildings, I was walking around Fort Benghaisa on Sunday, the place has become a dumping sight for old beds,televisions and all sorts of rubbish yet the local council should send someone there to have a look, they will be horified.

George Azzopardi

Mar 17th, 10:18

iT-TORD TAL-LEJBER!

noel ellul

Mar 17th, 10:17

Issa naraw il PL kemm sa jghamel toroq u jkompliu fejn halla il pn ,,,, mux imbilli MALTA TAGHNA IKOLL ISSA

C.E.M. Delia

Mar 17th, 10:13

Ah but little do those poor fools realize our reason to this insanity, we have more chance of winning the NASA tender for testing their Martian planet roving vehicle

Francis Sammut

Mar 17th, 10:06

Work needs to be done professionally. I mean how can one explain that after a few months or even weeks of a road being done from scratch potholes and cracks start to show?! And what about the drainage manhole covers? Why do they start to sink below the tarmac after a few weeks? The excuse that large volume of heavy vehicles pass on these roads is silly. Abroad they have heavy vehicles as well!

Leone Depasquale

Mar 17th, 10:06

Triq Il-Ferrovija l-Qadima, Balzan is crying for urgent attention!!!!!

Darren J. Galea

Mar 17th, 09:58

A fitting legacy of 25 years of Nationalist governance.

Ian Ellul

Mar 17th, 09:57

Another thumbs up to PN governments! I remember this being one of the 20 points the PN promised to deliver in 1987 - Toroq bla hofor u hotob.

PN promises the world but never delivers!

John Dee

Mar 17th, 09:56

The manner of construction and choice of final surface material is probably worse than a Malawian car park!

John Caruana

Mar 17th, 09:53

You have to be very careful about these perception surveys. It's all a question of perceptions and comparisons. Malawian executives are unlikely to travelling to highly developed countries so their expectations will likely be moderate. On the other hand, Maltese counterparts are constantly travelling to EU and USA and, even if unconsciously, perceptions are influenced.

Francis Bellizzi

Mar 17th, 09:48

Nothing new than! The important thing is , will the new government do something about it? Will it be taken seriously? I fear it won`t be.

Mr Ernest Vella

Mar 17th, 09:41

Haz-Zebbug, Kunsill Laburista - l-aghar toroq fil-pajjiz kollu!!!

David Azzopardi

Mar 17th, 09:40

ISTHU jekk tafu kif! jew issa ghandkom xi agenda mohbija!

David Pullicino

Mar 17th, 09:34

A truly farcical rating..worse than N Korea too I assume!

Andrew Saliba

Mar 17th, 09:34

Looks like Malta's "top business executives" don't do much travelling.

Alfred Cauchi

Mar 17th, 09:33

Sure it's true, but I think it's not the new goverment to Blane . For sure he will be taking care of this

anthony sultana

Mar 17th, 09:32

Yes our roads are the worst in the world , specially in Gozo,despite a small island and not too much roads ,all government of the past did not care about our roads,now is time to make them up to EU standard .

Matt Borg

Mar 17th, 09:31

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What about the Balzan road that leads to the ex-Dolphin Supermarket? I can go with a list of roads forever. Thank God that an election took place cos at least, in a last minute attempt to grab that odd vote, some roads were resurfaced.

Matt Borg

Mar 17th, 09:31

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He assured me that the mayor informed him that it will be done. When we do not know!

One should be ashamed of the much frequented road that from Mosta to Attard (nex to Hal Mann). Another road that is coming to mind is the hill from Attard to Zebbug.

Paul Micallef

Mar 17th, 09:31

Hemm hu l- futur fis sod! 25 sena fil- gvern u ghandna fost l- aghar toroq fid- dinja!

Matt Borg

Mar 17th, 09:30

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This article emerges after a few months ago I successfully claimed compensation from Transport Malta about repairs I had to do to my van because of a pot hole, and just yesterday I made a 2nd query with an ex-local council member (now an MP), about a main road in Siggiewi in a precarious condition, after trench works were carried out.

Austin Grech

Mar 17th, 09:22

any yet, we the people paid road, vrt and god knows how much more in tax. Than all these countrys put together. Viva il corruzjoni.

Maria Frendo

Mar 17th, 09:17

What a ridiculous survey! How can the results be compared if the judges are different for each country?

B Attard

Mar 17th, 09:11

Thanks to GonziPn, and he wanted the VRT test every year. Shame.

Carmel Ellul

Mar 17th, 09:10

Get your comments in perspective first.
The questions were not against a fixed standard but against their local expectations.
It is like asking the chinese if their governement is democtratic.

J Galea

Mar 17th, 09:10

And what about our pavements? Or did the person assessing them fall and break his leg?!

Paul Caruana

Mar 17th, 09:07

So the "Top Business Executives" in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Pakistan are happy about their respective country's infrastructure? Don't make me laugh....they are just happy not to have someone put a gun to their heads!

mark borg

Mar 17th, 09:02

Certificat iehor tal Pn,u dan wara is sitt Biljun ewro Dejn ! u kemm ippopa sidru Gonzi u jghidilna qishu ma kienx hawn bhalu fid dinja u pajjizna l-aqwa fid dinja ! u issa nistennew xi erba li kienu qed jerdaw, jghidulna li dan ir rapport falz ! basta il miljuni kbar spalpaljati f konsulenzi ....lil hbieb !

N Camilleri

Mar 17th, 09:00

Is this NEWs or something we all already knew about? Before the election I had asked 2 candidates about this issue! One from PL and one from PN. Reply from PL was to refer to electoral mandate. Reply from PN was...nil.

What did both electoral manifest say on this issue. Absolutely nothing in substance! PN referred to patching works, & funds from EU. PL was even worse in my personal opinion!

Peter Murray

Mar 17th, 08:55

Can you imagine how distressed the Malawi people must be feeling to be compared to Malta?

Jesmond Farrugia

Mar 17th, 08:54

And then at the VRT they check your shock absorbers! And if they are not to standard you fail the VRT and have to change them. The bill should go to the government! Is there a VRT for the roads? And if they fail?! Life goes on! Pajjiz tal-Mickey mouse. That is the song that both parties should have used for the elections.

Joseph Apap

Mar 17th, 08:54

From the photograph this does not look like a normal road but an area behind the buildings and in front looks like a small square which was once asphalted but at the side were the asphalt has run off does it continue inta avalley of some sort?

Giocchino Attard

Mar 17th, 08:51

All roads need to be done over again such waste of money.

jm busuttil

Mar 17th, 08:47

The 2013 Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) reveals that Switzerland, Germany and Austria lead the world in terms of travel and tourism competitiveness, with Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Canada, Sweden and Singapore completing the top 10.

Malta ranks 24 up two place from 2011 from 140 countries.

http://www.weforum.org/issues/travel-and-tourism-competitiveness.

James J. Patton

Mar 17th, 08:45

No surprise here and it is obvious that matters are getting worse, local councils seem soblivious to this fact and take little or no pride in their dictrict. It has all been said before and at times they get rattled and plan a blitz but the quality of workmanship and finish leaves a lot to be desired and must impact on tourism even though those in power maintain that the figures are going up.

Gordon Borg

Mar 17th, 08:39

with the 80 million euro spent on the unnecessary parlament we would have upgraded our road network.

R. Balzan

Mar 17th, 08:36

Certifikat iehor ghal Dr Austin Gatt u t-Transport Malta. Issa nisperaw li l-affarijiet jirrangaw bis-serjeta'.

victor caruana

Mar 17th, 08:32

Qed taraw kemm il-macro picture hi tajba hux sur nazzjonalisti. Fejnu austin biex imeri dan? kontu zbaljati f'kull ma ghidtu!

John Xuereb

Mar 17th, 08:28

Shame the survey wasn't conducted just before the elections as, as always, the roads improved considerably in the months leading up to the elections.

A. Mizzi

Mar 17th, 08:27

You'd never have believed it listening to HIS MASTER'S VOICE these past 10 years and more...

Joseph John Zammit

Mar 17th, 08:21

Another record for the old gov?

Jos Borg

Mar 17th, 08:21

The report was issued on 7 March. Funny how we come to know about it after the elections.

Page 442 gives Malta's position on fuel prices at 124 place from 139 countries for the cost of diesel in 2010. Surely the situation has got worse over the past two years with Malta certainly now occupying the last position, meaning we have the highest fuel prices in the world!! How could Malta be efficient?

John Attard

Mar 17th, 08:13

You must be crazy.....have you ever gone to Malawi Pakistan and Zimbabwe.......this is not true at all.

Liz WallikerG

Mar 17th, 08:11

You don't say!! This is why a simple trip to the shops requires a good sports bra and nerves of steel!

Peter Aquilina

Mar 17th, 08:10

Malta’s roads worse than those in Malawi -

And yet, the cheek to subject motor vehicles to Vehicle Roadworthiness Tests and higher road tax !!

Cornelius Murphy

Mar 17th, 08:09

How is this survey in any way objective if people from each country rated their own roads? Surely their perspectives are very different.

Charlene Bonnici

Mar 17th, 07:58

Shame on the past authorities!!!!!!!!!

Maria Xuereb

Mar 17th, 07:57

Anzi l-ghorrief Minsitri li kellan qabel u maghhom il-Gonzi kienu jghidu li ghandna toroq STATE OF THE ART. Anke t-triq minn hdejn il-Mithna tax-Xewkija sa hdejn ir-round about li taghti ghall-isptar ukoll STATE OF THE ART u diga qalghu bicca minnha. Dawn il-kuntratturi flus hadu sewwa imma xoghol bazwi ghamlu tigi xitwa ohra u jinqala kollox.

Andrea Schembri

Mar 17th, 07:56

Dak li writna min ghand il-gvern li ghadda. 6biljuni dejn u lanqas toroq sura. Grazzi Gonzi.

Jos Vella

Mar 17th, 07:53

my only comment is :-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265927/Pothole-fix-pleas-Swanage-Who-exasperated-motorist.html

Gustav Svensson

Mar 17th, 07:52

Not to mention the quality on the new roads that have been built...same thing with the quality of new buildings.