Heads up folks! Have you got used to the layout of the Marsa flyovers? Sorry, but you’ll have to get used to a new one as three more flyovers will be opened next month as more than 70 per cent of the Marsa Junction Project have been completed.
“This is the largest infrastructural project our country has ever seen, and we are doing our utmost to finish it on time, at the highest quality and with all necessary facilities,” Transport Minister Ian Borg said earlier today. “We modified plans to include a safer pedestrian and cycling connection between Marsa and Paola and this is only one among facilities planned for alternative means here.”
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“In the meantime, the coming months will see new diversions and guidance for traffic towards the completion of the rest of the project. We remain committed to have more efficient and safer roads which are better suited to contemporary times and to the culture shift we would like to witness in the transport sector."
Parliamentary Secretary Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi explained that as a result of this €52 million EU-funded project pollution will be reduced, and efficiency will be increased through better traffic management.
Those people involved in the project are currently working on the last four ramps that will connect the flyovers to the underlying roads. The building of footpaths, pedestrian bridges, bus lanes, bus lay-bys, park and ride facilities and cycling tracks are also underway. Over the last few months, two underground reservoirs were also built to collect a projected 1.5 million litres of rainwater during the islands’ winter season intended for the irrigation of project landscaping.
New connection at the end of the week
In the statement released, the ministry shared that a new connection at the Marsa Junction will also be established. “At the end of the week a new northbound connection between Sir Paul Boffa Avenue and Aldo Moro Road will be opened while traffic will be diverted from the northbound carriageway in Giuseppe Garibaldi Road to another road in the Marsa Industrial Estate.”