The good performance of the Maltese economy is very welcome. We must now work to ensure that this translates into tangible improvements in the quality of life of the Maltese people, through, for example (and very urgently) better roads and safer pavements.

In addition, there is a dire need for the enforcement of laws on construction sites and on emissions from vehicles, particularly those used for the transport of construction materials.

Furthermore, attention should be given to the removal of eyesores, such as unsightly hanging electricity cables, public clocks not working and shabby tattered green fabric used by contractors to supposedly contain dust from spreading in the neighbourhood.

While on the issue of shabbiness, why is it that during the repair and construction of buildings or roads, dust, debris and building materials are left lying about carelessly near the construction sites, sometimes even after the job is finished?

If you ask the contractor why the place is not cleaned every day he will probably respond: “Why clean it today when it is going to be dirtied again tomorrow?” Yet, cleaning of construction sites should be done on a daily basis, construction materials stored and properly covered behind suitable and sturdy hoardings and construction vehicles parked in an orderly manner if we want to reduce the overall shabbiness of the islands.

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