Tag: transport
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Ferry bottlenecks signal Summer of congestion and strain on Malta’s infrastructure
The long queues reported for the fast-ferry service in Valletta emerge as a warning sign for the Summer bottlenecks and traffic in Maltese roads as the number of tourists coming to the Islands keeps increasing. The fast-ferry service to Gozo was introduced as part of a wider plan to increase alternative methods of transport with…
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Malta Vision 2050: no metro and no bridge to Gozo
The Labour government’s Malta Vision 2050 does not include a metro and neither a bridge in its plans. On transport, the plan makes several PR-like statements with no substance such as “eco-friendly transport” and “private-public-integrated-transport-systems” but provides no details. At best, they put a stock photo of a metro in the background of one of…
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The EU publishes “accelerated” plan for High-Speed Rail-Network: to be completed in 2040
Yesterday, the EU Commission released its so-called “accelerated” plan for the implementation of a high-speed railway network in Europe but the plan is estimated to be completed in 2040. The plan envisages various routes and connections to be built via coordination between member states. The plan will be developed from the existing trans-European transport network…
