A promising budget – Sustainable Transport, Sustainable Infrastructure, a Sustainable Property Market

We opened this week with the best budget ever presented by this

Government in these last years; a budget which shows that the Government of Malta, was, is and will remain dedicated to generating wealth for distribution across society, to continue strengthening social benefits, and to continue investing in a better country for ourselves and for future generations.

The portfolio of the Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects is vast, and I am proud that we will continue building on what we have achieved in the last months and years with a holistic budget that has the best priority – the quality of life of people.

We have expanded the free public transport benefit to include all elderly people aged 70 and over, while also dedicating a considerable allocation to the popular sustainable transport schemes, including those geared at promoting electric vehicles and scrapping polluting ICE vehicles. In the meantime, this budget has also given due importance to continued infrastructural upgrades, while large and important capital projects like the Malta National Park, the Malta-Gozo Tunnel and the Grand Harbour Clean Air Project remain high on our agenda.

I have only touched upon a few of the most important measures pertaining to our

Ministry’s portfolio, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. During these unprecedented challenging times, this budget provides the Maltese and Gozitan people with a breath of fresh air. The balance between economic growth, the environment and social welfare has never been more crucial, nor more appropriate, than at this difficult time. With this solid financial plan as our foundation, Malta and Gozo’s people can truly move forward together and in good health.