Malta has sprouted, it would seem, an unusually high crop of as yet unfinished symphonies.

Last Sunday, this paper’s sister Sunday edition showed for the first time what is happening behind the hoarding at the entrance to Valletta. There, still unfinished but in all its glory, is one arm of the ‘Spanish Steps’, which will lead from Castille and the Central Bank to the entrance to the city. The other arm is being built on the other side, linking the entrance to the city to Hastings Garden.

This whole complex which will include the new Parliament building, the restored (but roofless) Opera House theatre and the entrance to the city comprising a slimmed bridge, is still coming together.

Up near Castille, there is, for all to see, the Barrakka Lift. Its cement construction is now ready and mechanical works are in hand.

To go to the other end of the island, up at Ċirkewwa, the Terminal is mostly finished and mechanical and electrical works are in hand.

The road leading from Mellieħa Bay to Ċirkewwa is practically ready but the restored Mellieħa Bypass is well on its way but needs more work.

The Gozo road from Għajnsielem to Victoria is mostly ready.

At the airport, the new Skyparks building is ready and already being used while more tenants are due to move in over the coming weeks.

At SmartCity, the second block is already built and electrical and mechanical works are in hand. Plans for the excavation of a laguna have yet to be approved by Mepa so the end-of-this-year deadline for the creation of a new entertainment hub in the South may suffer some delay.

At Magħtab, the rehabilitation of what was, for some 30 years, Malta’s landfill is well under way. In due time, this will become Malta’s new picnic venue where people can walk up and enjoy the view without any danger from the toxins buried underneath.

Up nearer Buġibba, the restoration of the salt pans is under way, along with many other restoration efforts all around Malta, starting from Fort St Elmo to Fort St Angelo.

Then there is the Dock Number One project which however has fallen on bad times. Hopefully, work there can pick up.

All these works in progress are evidence of a huge determination to restore Malta and to provide both Maltese and visitors with more evidence of the many treasures one can find in Malta.

One clearly perceives, behind all these restoration projects, a determination to get them done and completed.

One understands that somewhere at the back of all this there is an undeclared election timetable, hence the urgency with which these and other works are being tackled. If we are to avoid repeating the mistakes done so many times in the past, these should not be rush jobs with so many flaws that we then spend years after years correcting the mistakes that are inevitable in a rush job. What really matters is getting them done and done well, hopefully within budget and on time.