Banning garbage collection and delivery vans during the morning rush hour could help ease “complicated” traffic problems, according to Spanish-owned Malta Public Transport, the company running the bus service.

“There is no European city like Malta where such services are allowed during the morning rush hour because they usually stop at 8am,” Julio Tironi said.

He acknowledged that the ever-increasing traffic on Maltese roads was probably the toughest challenge his company had to face.

Two years ago, the government announced plans to ban heavy vehicles and horses from the roads during the peak traffic hours but the measure was never implemented.

However, plans to ban waste collection during rush hour seem to have been revived, since local councils have just been asked to change collection times to alleviate the traffic problem.

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