Updated 2.30pm

Several traffic enforcement and police officers will be deployed at Mrieħel on Monday, as the area gets a commuting overhaul.

Following months of studies and discussions with Transport Malta and all business operators in Mrieħel, the Central Business District Foundation devised a traffic management plan that it hopes will ease congestion caused by haphazard commuting and parking.

Reader Louis Zammit sent this photo of the 'inconvenience' created in Triq l-Intornjatur with the implementation of the new system.

Seven TM enforcement officers will be on site in some of the area’s ‘hot spots’, following the unveiling of new traffic signs turning some roads into one-way streets and eliminating parking on both sides in others.

Read: Traffic system in Mrieħel about to change

A car park off the Wasteserv civic amenity site has meanwhile been opened for commuters to park at a fee. The facility will be a temporary one until another piece of land is transformed into a long-term parking lot.

Seven TM enforcement officers will be on site in some of the area’s hot spots

The introduction of a route bus is also in the pipeline.

The officers will remain in the industrial area for two weeks, while two police officers will also be on site at the beginning of this week. They will “guide, educate and enforce motorists on the new arrangements”, according to TM.

Negotiations are ongoing on reintroducing police or community officers in the coming weeks for at least two months, a spokesman for the foundation told the Times of Malta.

A ring road will eventually be opened around the area.

However, employees have raised concern that for some, the only way out of the area from Triq l-Intornjatur, the road parallel to the bypass, will be through Triq il-Birrerija.

This means that if the corner at Triq l-Intornjatur and Triq il-Birrerija (near Forestals and Deloitte) is flooded, as happened recently, motorists will have no way out.

Following this morning's trial of the new traffic system, Triq San Gwakkin, will once again be two-way, meaning that commuters can now exit the area through this road or Triq il-Birrerija.

Meanwhile, reducing parking in some roads to one side only, such as in Triq l-Esportaturi, has seen increased parking in residential roads. While residents hope that enforcement will help reduce haphazard parking, their main headache remains spray-paint fumes and other pollutants.

The fumes, they say, end up in their own homes if they leave their windows open.

Read: Traffic plan for Mrieħel ‘obstacle course’ will ease headaches

In the past, residents who spoke to this newspaper questioned why the authorities were still issuing permits for residential blocks, considering the area was increasingly becoming industrial.