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Impact studies should be made before the proposed new roads project in the heart of Msida is approved, local council minority leader Charles Selvaggi has insisted.
The project, first announced in 2019, will see roads agency Infrastructure Malta build flyovers and wider roads at the Msida junction, removing traffic lights in a bid to ease congestion. It has attracted a wave of criticism from lobby groups.
In a statement published on Monday, a number of environment NGOs said the project has sparked concern about its long-term viability.
Selvaggi told Times of Malta that he had written to the other councillors requesting a meeting to discuss the project.
No social impact assessment yet for Msida flyovers
IM spokesperson insists three pedestrian bridges instead of Msida traffic lights will provide pedestrians with the highest level of road safety
28 January 2021, 8:56am
by James Debono
The Msida Creek project proposed by Infrastructure Malta will see the construction of two massive flyovers to remove the traffic lights junction. A coalition of NGOs wants the plans scrapped to prioritise open space and pedestrians instead
A Social Impact Assessment on a project set to include two 175m flyovers and three pedestrian bridges has not yet been commissioned on a call for tenders for the proposed Msida flyover.
Pietà is one of the historical peripheral towns of Valletta dating back to circa 1800. It boasts a rich heritage of unique scheduled buildings, with a few having beautiful baroque and neoclassical gardens.
The Grade 1 scheduled property Villa Frere is perhaps the most well-known, as a result of the incredible work of Perit Edward Said and the team at Friends of Villa Frere. In addition, the locality also includes the beautiful but incredibly dilapidated Palazzo Windward and Villa Gwardamangia, the former residence of Queen Elizabeth II post WWII and recently bought by Heritage Malta. Furthermore, it includes St Luke’s Hospital, a fine building in its own right, a legacy of the best of the ‘40’s architecture in Malta.