A bin situated in a prime tourist spot, just outside the Upper Barrakka Gardens, was not emptied for days on end last week. It did not pose a great sight for the hundreds of visitors to the Valletta landmark. Such bins should be emptied regularly, if necessary more than once a day.
Smoke signals
A long trailer carrying a number of huge beams was spotted on the main road from Qormi to Żebbuġ spewing thick black smoke from its exhaust pipe above the cabin. It was almost as bad as the Marsa power station chimneys in their heyday! Just how this vehicle managed to make it through the VRT is a big, big mystery.
Lack of thought
The latest state-of-the-art ramp for disabled persons outside the Salesian Theatre in Sliema totally ignores pedestrian safety, blocking off the pavement completely. Who is responsible for authorising such a structure?
Unsightly sight
Considering that many hundreds of tourists and locals walk along the Sliema Strand every day, could the local council not organise better the timing of waste collection or else instruct the residents accordingly? Piles of unsightly rubbish are left out all morning and into the afternoon.
Refuse perceptions
Speaking of rubbish collection, would Transport Malta, if it is still listening that is, consider carrying out a thorough review of the time refuse collectors do their rounds? It is amply obvious that, on many occasions and in many areas, refuse trucks are causing traffic jams as they snail along the roads. Or is that a perception too, according to transport Malta’s experts?
Ħamrun bottleneck
A white minivan, possibly offering a school transport service, can often be seen parked on the main road near St Paul Square (Pjazza Fra Diegu) in Ħamrun early morning when the rush hour starts building up. The result is a bottleneck. Barely 50 metres away is the locality’s police station. Shame indeed.
Double trouble
Has somebody issued an ‘executive order’ to the police to allow vehicles to park even on double yellow lines? The practice seems to be so widespread – even right under the Prime Minister’s nose at Castile – that it could not be otherwise. Pity Castille cannot always look like it appears in the picture above, as it was meant to be...
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