First Marsa junction project flyovers open this weekend

Infrastructure Malta will be opening the first two flyover structures of the Marsa Junction Project this weekend. The two interconnected flyover structures, extending half a kilometre, will give road users an uninterrupted connection between Marsa and Luqa, towards the airport and the Kirkop Tunnels, and it will replace the existing route through the Addolorata Cemetery traffic lights junction.

Initially, until the third and fourth flyover structures of this project are opened early next year, this new two-lane connection will be used in the southbound direction, from Aldo Moro Road (Marsa) towards Giuseppe Garibaldi Road (Luqa).

This arrangement will allow Infrastructure Malta to close the temporary lanes currently serving this route, in the Addolorata Cemetery car park area, and free up the required space to complete the construction of other structures included in this project. They include the third and fourth flyover structures, which are being built beneath the two that Infrastructure Malta will open this weekend. These flyovers will form the final twolane southbound route between Aldo Moro Road and Garibaldi Road. The first two flyovers will then serve the northbound route, to complete a continuous bi-directional link between these two major roads.

The other flyover structures and new lanes that Infrastructure Malta is building as part of this project will create similar uninterrupted connections between Aldo Moro Road and the other roads merging at the Addolorata traffic lights junction, including Sir Paul Boffa Avenue (towards Corradino and Paola), Santa Lucija Avenue (Addolorata Hill) and Marsa Road (towards Qormi).

Road users travelling through this junction in the coming days are encouraged to take note of the yellow direction signs guiding them to the new route up the new flyovers. The 30 kilometres per hour reduced speed limit for safe driving through road works sites will continue to apply in all areas of the Marsa Junction Project, including the two new flyover structures.