The government is embarking on a huge project of resurfacing hundreds of streets. May we in Nadur be not forgotten? The road leading to Mġarr Harbour near the playing field is a disaster waiting to happen. You can teach pupils about earth movements here, even about plate tectonics maybe, and Racecourse Street, which is in a dilapidated state, is not far away. Part of it was mysteriously resurfaced but some say they know the reason and it is no mystery at all. Ta' Xhajma also needs a good makeover.

I have a suggestion to make: Why do not we embark on a national strategy of having a tunnel/s underneath the streets and having all utilities and services and even water culverts underneath? Many streets start degrading when they dig them up again. We can start with the new strategy that every new street is planned like this. After all, is not the mass transport system more of a priority?

A good friend of mine suggested that the road leading from Nadur to Victoria (Triq ir-Rabat), the part going down the hill where an ugly accident took place recently, should have a central barrier to prevent this happening again.

The relative of a young man who suffered grievous injuries because he swerved to avoid crashing into a police barrier suggested that these barriers should be made more conspicuous and not left the colour of grey metal.

And while I am on the subject of transport, I cannot understand why competition is not introduced in the ferry between Malta and Gozo. More than one company should be allowed to work side by side with the existing one, and not only to Cirkewwa. Competition is healthy and has benefitted the consumer wherever it was introduced: whether it was in air-travel or supermarkets. Also, what about the air-link between Malta and Gozo? A friend of mine who should know said that to develop the Heliport in Xewkija into an airstrip need not mean taking over agricultural land because it can be expanded where there is a lot of debris.

 

Joe Portelli

Nadur