Steel Kirkop tunnels flyover structures arrive this month

The steel superstructures for the Kirkop tunnels and airport intersection flyover project have been completed and will be shipped to Malta from Spain this month, a spokesperson for Infrastructure Malta said.
The redevelopment and overhaul of the junction, which leads to Malta International Airport, was launched last year and is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2023.
Some 65% of the work on the project has been completed so far, the spokesperson said, with the first new lanes open to traffic last month and others following suit over the past weekend.

The 300-tonne, 400-metre steel flyover structure is being shipped in sections, Infrastructure Malta said.
It will be transported on site and lifted into place onto abutments and concrete pillars, which have already been built.
Additionally, the spokesperson added, most of the project’s underpass has been completed, with the excavation of the final section in progress as workers continue to build the concrete walls and roof slabs that will support the infrastructure.
The underpass will be open to road users by the end of this year.

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