Motorists should be relieved today when the Manwel Dimech Bridge fully reopens for traffic at 3 p.m., more than a year and a half after a €6 million (Lm2.58 million) project to rebuild the bridge's two carriageways started.
The project was fraught with controversy because of delays in its completion. Originally the works were meant to have been completed by last September but the deadline was moved to November and then again to March. The contractor had insisted that May was the realistic delivery time. Some work, including the rehabilitation of the underlying valley, still needs to be done.