Twelve organizations representing a broad spectrum of society filed a judicial protest against the Minister for Transport and the Planning Authority to reveal all studies pertaining to the proposed tunnel between Malta and Gozo.

They also asked for the carrying out of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as required by national and EU laws.

The organisations state: "This game of hide and seek and of withholding of essential information must stop. The proposed tunnel will have enormous and far reaching consequences on the health, quality of life and environment of all who live in Malta and Gozo. Citizens cannot be left in the dark as to the true implications of such momentous decisions. We call upon the authorities to publish all the studies so that citizens may develop an opinion based on facts. That is a major principle of democracy.”

The twelve organisations filing the judicial protest are:

Din l-Art Ħelwa, Ramblers' Association of Malta, Nature Trust (Malta), BirdLife Malta, Friends of the Earth Malta, Moviment Graffitti, The Archaeological Society Malta, Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar, Kamra tal-Periti, Isles of the Left, Bicycle Advocacy Group and Żminijietna – Voice of the Left