Marsa Junction Project hits the halfway mark

● Third flyover expected a month ahead of schedule

Fifty per cent of the Marsa Junction Project is now complete, Transport Minister Ian Borg said yesterday during a visit to the €70 million flyover project which, he said, will “forever alter our country’s infrastructure.”

“A little over a month ago, we were here to inaugurate the first structures,” Borg said. “Today we are witnessing the placing of beams on the third and longest flyover which we had announced would be opened by the end of January.

“Today we can announce that this structure will be completed by the end of the year ¬¬¬– a month ahead of schedule.”

He said that once this flyover is complete, the Addolorata traffic lights system will be completely eliminated, drastically reducing travelling time for thousands of people.

Borg said that after the opening of the first structures, work continued at a constant pace and “the 120,000 people passing through the route daily can bear witness to this.”

He explained that the third flyover, which will be completed this year, will create a direct northbound connection between Triq Aldo Moro and Vjal Santa Luċija and will be the longest –the length of two football grounds (227 metres), until it joins the highest part of the first flyover in Triq Aldo Moro, one of the two already being used.

The Minister said: “This project is already bearing the desired fruit. More than half a million people have used the flyovers we opened; more than half a million people have already saved 12,000 hours of traffic. We are talking about people that were always forgotten, but this government chose not to forget them and our vision for our country is wider and looks further, because we will not stop with this junction,” said Borg said.

He stressed how important it is for the entire country to have efficient, high-quality and safer infrastructure and made reference to the ongoing investment nearby on the Santa Luċija tunnels as well as to the €64 million investment in 14 arterial road projects in 2019. Minister Borg also mentioned a number of other projects like the Central Link Project, the project between Kirkop and the airport and the St Andrew’s project, apart from the work being done in rural and residential roads.

“Are we moving quickly? Yes, we are, and we will not stop working and we will not stop looking ahead because we want our people to benefit from the infrastructure they deserve immediately. We are doing this in the most responsible way, and we are delivering quality infrastructure even for alternative means, infrastructure that our country could only dream of before,” Borg added.