Alternattiva Demokratika today stressed that the massive Attard project combining with that of Buqana in Mosta going up to Mriehel will not solve anything. On the contrary, it will increase traffic, car use, congestion and pollution. In a few years congestion will be much worse than today, AD said.

During a press conference in Attard at the spot where the government wants to build another arterial road, AD Chairperson Carmel Cacopardo said: "Traffic congestion is the effect and not the cause of the lack of sustainable mobility: it is the effect of negligence. Negligence in transport policy accumulated over years and years of governments who had no vision and no idea of longterm planning. The real issue is that we have created a society totally dependent on the private car. Building more roads for cars on limited land will not resolve anything.

“It will just postpone the problem, which will be passed on to future generations. Only, the problem will be much worse and serious than today. Government’s transport ‘policy’ will continue to give more space to the car,” Cacopardo said.

“It will neutralize government’s own good measures, such as the subsidy for public transport, the incentivizing of bicycles and electric bicycles among others and the grants to create facilities at the workplace (such as showers) for who uses the bike to go to work. It should be noted also, that unfortunately the spending on roads for cars is huge when compared to that on measures to encourage sustainable mobility. "