Infrastructure Malta has built more than roads but also a reputation for having a dubious relationship with the rules.
Jessica Arena looks at the evidence.
When Infrastructure Malta swooped down recently on a quiet residential road in Żebbuġ and started to widen it, the action raised the ire of residents, as well as environmentalists, who held that the works breached all road policies.
This reaction was hardly a first for the government agency that oversees construction projects.
Since its founding in the summer of 2018, IM has prided itself on getting things done. But the way it steamrolls ahead with some of its projects has drawn heavy criticism, particularly on environmental grounds.