The first two lanes of the Kappara Junction project will be opened to traffic this evening. 

Traffic heading from the Msida direction towards St Julian's will flow over the newly-built flyover as of 9pm, allowing workers to close off access from Regional Road to San Ġwann and work on that part of the junction. 

The lanes being opened to traffic tonight will be used for cars heading in the opposite direction once the project is complete, but authorities have opted to prioritise St Julian's-bound traffic to ease congestion flows currently limited to one lane of traffic. 

Transport Minister Ian Borg expressed satisfaction that the flyover project was set to be completed on budget and ahead of schedule. 

Marsa project

Once the Kappara Junction project is complete, the focus will shift to a massive, three-year project to introduce a similar flyover system at Marsa. 

Works on the project were pencilled in to begin in January, with Kappara Junction works originally projected to run until the end of the year.

Dr Borg said that the Marsa works were still scheduled to begin in January, with procurement issues making it difficult to push the starting date forward.  

"We want to see, as we did here [in Kappara] that works proceed on time but also that traffic continues to flow without problems while works are underway," Dr Borg said.