Some months ago the much-needed resurfacing of all the roads in Madliena and High Ridge, Swieqi took place. However, for some obscure reason, Triq il-Pedidalwett was left till the end of the project.

Now I am told there are no funds to completely resurface this road. So while the upper part has been done, the lower end, where there are some 80 households, will not be included in the works.

Each time it rains, water, mud and debris settle in this slightly sunken section whose surface is a mix of asphalt and ropy concrete.

Every surface in my house is covered in dust and my car and motorbike are mired in some 10 cm of mud.

Appeals to Swieqi council and its Madliena sidekick have not produced any results. Whichever it is, I feel this is symptomatic of how people go about things in this benighted country of ours.

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