Malta wakes up to traffic gridlock as traffic crisis remains ignored in general election campaign

Malta woke up to traffic gridlock today with major roads arteries blocked.

Traffic disruption was particularly severe in the northern corridor between Mellieħa, St Paul’s Bay, Burmarrad and Mosta after parts of the St Paul’s Bay bypass and sections of the Coast Road experienced closures and diversions.

Heavy congestion was also reported across the Marsa–Valletta artery, including Ħamrun, Floriana and Msida directions. Transport Malta has also announced a road closure in the Marsa-Ħamrun bypass in the southern direction due to an accident.

Despite the ongoing traffic crisis and the alarming rising number of cars on the roads, major political parties including the Labour Party and the Nationalist Party have remained mostly muted on the crisis. The Labour Party has given up on building a metro in the Islands and is proposing a Third-World-like monorail instead.

The Nationalist Party is yet to present its proposals about a mass transportation project and the Nationalist Party Leader Alex Borg said that the PN would launch a mass transportation plan while in government.

36 vehicles every day were added to Maltese roads in the first Quarter of this year.

Mark Camilleri

Website Editor
Historian and Publisher