Instead of using the rubbish bins found across the beach, many people decide to leave their garbage and cigarette butts all over the rocks just under Surfside, in Sliema. Plainclothes wardens should be deployed there to fine culprits on the spot.
Dead wood
These trees were uprooted last year from John Paul II Square, in Mellieħa, as part of the embellishment of the area. In the face of criticism levelled at the decision to uproot the trees, the council had insisted that they would not be harmed because they would be planted behind the primary school. A year on, these trees have not survived and are now literally dead wood.
One-way labyrinth
Traffic going down Mdina Road from the direction of Rabat cannot turn into Rużell Street, in Attard, because this has been declared a one-way thoroughfare. That means that, when Ħal Warda Road is closed while children are entering or leaving school, motorists wanting to get into Attard from that part are likely to encounter difficulties, especially if they are not familiar with the area.
Vittoriosa danger
The feast in Vittoriosa has come and gone. Yet, holes dug on the pavement leading to Xatt ir-Risq to accommodate festa poles are still exposed, making walking a very dangerous experience, especially in the dark. It is rather perplexing that the mayor, who is known for his hands-on approach, has so far failed to address this dangerous situation.
Pitch black... or nearly
People walking the stretch of promenade between the casino and the aquarium in Qawra last week did so at their own risk, since it was nearly in complete darkness or only very sparsely lit. A lot of elderly people and families go there for a walk and many of them were overheard saying that this had become extremely dangerous.
Get them off the roads
On Thursday afternoon, a karozzin was witnessed jumping the red lights in St Joseph High Road, Ħamrun, twice. The second time he nearly ran over a couple crossing the road. Calls for Transport Malta to instil some traffic sense into cabbie drivers seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
Gozo ferry mobile app
What’s the use of having a much-trumpeted mobile app if old schedules are not replaced? This applies to the Next Gozo Ferry app. A commuter was left stranded for one hour and 15 minutes at Mġarr Harbour on August 26 simply because he referred to the mobile app’s schedule and this was not updated to summer time. The ferry had left 30 minutes earlier at 11pm and the next one leaving Mġarr was at 12.45am. The reply from the cabin serving as an enquiries desk was that he should have asked for the proper timetable and that the mobile app is unreliable!
Extinct species
Have street sweepers become an extinct species? Judging from this picture, taken last Wednesday, it seems they have. It was taken at the bus stop across the road from the Farsons brewery in Mrieħel. The bus stop has long been in this filthy state... and the streets of Birkirkara are in no better shape.
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