There has been a lot of discussion about parking and works in the streets in Sliema. But does someone check the state of the streets and of the pavements?

I would like to draw attention, for example, to High Street. A very dear Maltese friend who lives there is confined to a wheelchair. She loves to go out but sometimes it is a nightmare.

Part of the street is so rough and unsuitable for wheelchairs that we have to use the road and angry drivers stop and shout "prosit!" or "bankina!". Sometimes we find bags of rubbish blocking the pavement and again have to step down onto a busy road.

Once we reach Dingli Street, where the footpaths are better and can be used, the problem we encounter is cars mounted on pavements. It often happens that we have to step down on the street between two cars with little space in between and no ramp.

Somebody has to do something about pavements in Sliema, a town with a high population of elderly people as well as being popular with many mothers with pushchairs.