From Ms M. Mifsud

I am a resident of Triq Katerina Vitale and I am writing this to protest about the terrible state our road is in. Roadworks started in the month of November but four months later we residents see no progress whatsoever. In fact, it is not only difficult for us to go out /park etc in our road, it is also a health and safety hazard.

For instance, no lights were put up and no barriers placed next to the open trenches, which resulted in my daughter falling waist deep into a trench four weeks ago. This not only ruined my daughter’s clothes and the things she was carrying, but also caused her severe stress, considering that the incident could have been a serious one. That same night, another person fell into the same trench!

After reporting all this to the ADT (we even have photos as evidence of this incident), it immediately took the necessary steps by putting up lights and covering the trenches. We just cannot understand why workers ignore health and safety measures and do not take the necessary precautions. Do they have to wait for incidents like these to happen to take action? One of the workers, instead of showing any sympathy insisted that ‘ahna inlestulkom irridu!’

We desperately need our road to be completed. We feel that the people in charge, workers and all, are all taking us for a ride, since residents have made complaints and the situation is still no better. At the moment, we even have an open trench in the middle of the road from which rats were seen coming out!!

There is no doubt that we deserve better!

Mary Mifsud

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