Transport Minister Joe Mizzi has launched a public consultation in connection with the National Transport Strategy 2050 and Draft National Transport Plan 2025.

The master plan is intended to guide policy makers to drop the customary short-term only approach to solving transport issues, and start taking decisions in a coherent manner fitting within a wider strategic framework.

The Transport Master Plan 2025 identifies and addresses major transportation issues like traffic congestion, air quality, safety and public transport punctuality.

It puts forward measures to remove traffic bottlenecks on the strategic road network, at the sea ports and the airport. It includes policies and measures to incentivise sustainable and greener transport to make our towns and cities more liveable, and identifies the technological solutions needed to manage and optimise the efficiency of our existing transport infrastructures.

The Transport Plan also identifies a vast array of projects that need to be implemented, foremost among which are 29 major road interventions, infrastructure to promote cycling and other healthy commuting patterns, investment in port facilities and longer term project studies like the Malta-Gozo permanent link and a mass rapid transport system.

The plan also identifies a series of necessary studies that need to be undertaken, particularly in the preparation for a longer term measures and projects.

The draft Transport Master Plan and National Transport Strategy may be accessed here.

Feedback will be received through the email consultations.tm@transport.gov.mt or may alternatively be sent by post to:
National Transport Strategy & Master Plan Public Consultation
Transport Malta
Integrated Transport Strategy Directorate
Sa Maison Road
Floriana FRN 1612