Flyover projects to start in the coming months

Major flyovers planned for Msida, Mrieħel and Qormi are set to start in the coming months.  Speaking during an interview on the state broadcaster on Monday, Transport Minister Aaron Farrugia said a handful of large and “controversial” road projects are set for this legislature.“We have four or five controversial projects that will be unveiled soon,” Farrugia said.

He did not provide details of where these projects would be. 

Government sources told Times of Malta that Farrugia was referring to major flyover projects in Msida, Mrieħel, and Qormi.

Another road-widening project is also set to be carried out in Pembroke near the popular Wembley Service Station. The Msida project will be the first project to take off, the sources said.

First announced in 2019, the major intervention proposes the elimination of the Msida circus junction, to be replaced with flyovers, allowing traffic to flow uninterrupted but also adding massive concrete infrastructure in the heart of the seaside town.

The project had been shelved during the last legislature after objections were raised by residents and NGOs. In a 2021 letter signed by 200 Msida residents and various NGOs, the government had been...