The placebo effect - Steve Pace

Ever since the tunnel became part of the daily dose of social media penned posts, a number of people have been contributing in different ways and though personally I tend to think of alternatives and eye feasible, economically and environmentally-friendly measures as being my main motivators for supporting direct investment in Gozo as opposed to millions of euros wasted on a white elephant, there seems to be one major benefit from the tunnel which is already being felt by some people and which seems to have completely escaped me.

Buses in Malta, are all on schedule, running at light-speed efficiency and which have reduced the two-and-half-hour journey from Ċirkewwa to Mater Dei to less than 10 minutes. Reaching any destination in Malta utilising private cars is the response to all the delays and anger, we, as Gozitan residents, are suffering at the terminals.

Gozo Business Chamber, through its support for the tunnel, seems to also be substantially gaining from this mystical  benefit, and suggesting to all commercial traffic using the same traffic-congested routes as all other traffic in Malta is the ultimate resolution to all Gozo Business issues.

The tunnel is fast creating a...