The actual St Julians local council proposals seem ideal for losing business and votes.

One wonders whether there are some hidden turncoats in its folds?

If the council wants to have another bus tetrinus, this time for electric powered cars, why not reactivate the Spinola bus terminus? When this bus terminus was shifted to Paceville, what had been in place for long years was suddenly disrupted. Mepa please note.

I think it is only right that a bus terminus is restored to this area which is near a public convenience and the police station. Another advantage of a Spinola bus terminus would be that, to get another bus to a further destination, one would just have to walk across to the same side of the square and not cross the road as is the case with the Paceville bus terminus.

Alternatively, the Spinola bus terminus, instead of being sited in front of the ex-Tiguglio, could be accommodated in the much larger, less utilised, road leading down from Regional Road or coming from under the rebuilt vehicular bridge (near St Joseph's statue). As for an additional parking lot, how about building a multi-storey facility beneath the Regional Road bridge? This should be with the proviso this time that it would be built from public funds and the revenue generated would return to the public coffers and not repeat the silver platter donation of a prime parking area to private interests which has proven a gold mine outside Valletta!

Such a car park in Spinola should raise less qualms as this valley at this point, unlike the Balluta one, does not have any tilled fields. Such a project surely would be very popular with Ġiljaniżi as it would also mean that a largish square would materialise just beneath their much-loved parish church! This side of Spinola is crying out for some embellishment. Why not rehabilitate an entire area and add much-needed facilities in the shape of a square atop a multi-story car park beneath the two bridges to act as a focal point for people endeared to tradition, culture and quieter artistic and musical expressions?

It would be an area affording space and not having to narrowly string along the St Julians feast procession onto a narrow bridge - a public space suitable for localised notte bianca activities which till now have likewise had to be crammed in a very narrow Xatt tas-Sajjieda which is not very suitable in inclement weather.

I make these suggestions to demonstrate that Joe Citizen is as much interested in bettering the locality as any elected councilor and, far from being an armchair critic, is offering a viable alternative (and better) proposal.