Roadworks in Lija will continue throughout the night today and tomorrow, Transport Malta has said. 

Workers will spend the night hours between 7pm and 5am working on the zebra crossing before moving on to carrying works on the existing roundabout tomorrow night. 

Triq il-Mosta will be closed to traffic from Mosta to Birkirkara for those hours on both days, with the opposite carriageway also closed to traffic between 10pm and 5am tonight. 

Between Wednesday 26 and Friday 28 July, scarifying and asphalting works will be carried out. Triq il-Mosta will be closed to traffic direction from Mosta to Birkirkara between 19:00hrs and 05:00hrs.

The ongoing roadworks sparked howls of protest after Transport Malta cleared a number of Holm Oak trees to make way for a new lane of traffic. Authorities justified the decision by saying the trees were not protected and no permit was needed to get rid of them. 

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