The government continues to tell us that there are a million and one capital projects in progress around Malta and Gozo. This is true, but what of the everyday issues that continue to blight the citizens of Malta?

For goodness sake, the levels of traffic which choke our roads every day are like something out of the movies. People get stressed before they even get to work, it has become so bad. I read with interest the leading article entitled ‘The Brussels example’, (TMID, 19 September). The author pointed out that rather than more roundabouts and cumbersome overpasses, Malta should copy what is done there and opt for underpasses.

I have seen the way the system works and it will surely help. Of course, there is the flooding problem to content with, but it would surely alleviate the sticking points in Kappara and Marsa with minimal expense.

But aside from improving the network in itself, the authorities must do something about the atrocious state of the roads in some localities. Is it too much to ask to have each and every single road on these islands in a state that befits a modern country? It is shameful. Aside from the fact that the state of the roads ruin our cars and leads to many a twisted ankle or jarred knee, it makes most Maltese and Gozitan people cringe when tourists joke or complain about them.

So, to recap, we are thinking of digging tunnels from Malta to Gozo and are hooking up an undersea electricity connector to Sicily, but we cannot find the time or money to fix our road network. If one of the parties committed itself to a pledge of rebuilding all our roads in one legislature (doable I am sure), then they would win by a landslide.

You see, it is bread and butter issues that matter to the electorate, and not fancy words in the sky that mean nothing at all.

■ Graham Bezzina

St Paul’s Bay