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PROPERTY &
CONSTRUCTION
maltatoday | SUNDAY • 1 JULY 2018
Property Property
& Construction
The government's road construction efforts are to be extended as the
Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects this week launched a €2.5
million project to upgrade parts of Triq Aldo Moro, Triq Dicembru 13 and the Marsa-
Hamrun Bypass. This project is meant to eliminate several accident black spots and
improve travel times through these arterial roads.
The investment will link the Santa Lucija roundabout tunnels project and the Marsa
Junction Project at the Addolorata Cemetery area of Triq Aldo Moro, to the Marsa-
Hamrun Bypass project. It will improve the safety, efficiency and quality of the last
remaining stretch of the 4-kilometre arterial route from Triq tal-Barrani at Tarxien
towards the Santa Venera tunnels and the Mriehel Bypass. The rest of this principal road
link to and from the southern part of Malta is being upgraded through other ongoing
or upcoming projects. The project is expected to be completed in summer, before the
beginning of the next scholastic year.
New public parking areas will be developed at the Salib tal-Marsa area, whilst existing
landscaped areas will be enlarged and embellished with new trees and other plants. Fifty-
six eucalyptus trees, an invasive species, along part of Triq Dicembru 13, will be replaced
by 113 new indigenous trees at different areas along the project route. A few indigenous
trees that need to be displaced for safety reasons will be replanted in other nearby areas.
