Two and a half months after renovation works started at Castille Square, Valletta, the area remains an ever-changing labyrinth and the disorganisation persists.

Crude hoarding has been used to cordon off construction zones and form passageways for traffic and pedestrians alike but with the configuration changing daily, pedestrians often appear at a loss when attempting to find a safe path through.

Signage remains scarce and as barriers regularly shift position, signs frequently point visitors in entirely the wrong direction. At the time of writing, a sign purporting to point to the city centre directs traffic into a café.

Hastily laid metal and wooden coverings pose a danger to pedestrians, and collapsed hoarding and discarded signs litter the square, a poor first impression of the city for the thousands of tourists, including cruise liner passengers, filing through as the height of the season approaches.

Read more in Times of Malta.