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3 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 4 JUNE 2023 NEWS fic flows. In this way, the north- bound, and southbound traffic will be alternately stopped. Since the length of the crossing is being shortened the time tak- en to cross will also be reduced. Additionally, the traffic will still be able to flow around the hair- pin turn. Moreover, according to Falzon reducing a phase from the Pembroke traffic lights will also improve traffic flow at this junction. No planning application is required for these roadworks, Falzon said since it will mainly involve the redesign of land- scaped areas along the existing road. Road to be extended by 6m in- to neighbouring fields The project also foresees the widening of a stretch of road from the pelican lights junction at Triq Prof. Ganado up to Triq Villa Rosa to accommodate an additional lane for traffic and a new shared pedestrian/cycle lane in the form of a raised foot- path. This will involve a take-up of around 6m of natural land on the side of the existing road. The area impacted by this wid- ening lies in the development zone but was "safeguarded" from residential development for the future upgrade of the Regional Road junction, in local plans approved in 2006. While the present plans in- volve the take up of natural land, plans included in the 2019 application for an underpass crossing the valley have been scrapped. Since these works will result in additional lanes a planning ap- plication has been submitted to the Planning Authority. Another component of the project is a new road linking Triq il-Gwielaq in Swieqi to the St Andrew's main road, which will pass through a green area and is aimed at facilitating traf- fic flows in Swieqi, providing motorists with a quicker exit in- to the main road network. According to Falzon the pro- posal is based on a traffic mod- el study based on the projected traffic increase for the coming years. He also highlighted the importance of developers im- plementing green travel plans aimed at encouraging alterna- tives to the private car. Falzon acknowledged that the most contentious part of the current network upgrade will be the grade separated junction in the Paceville traffic lights area. But considerations for this part of the project are still at an ini- tial stage and IM could not pro- vide MaltaToday with the plans. tunnel, IM finalising plans separated junction in Paceville Petrol station Petrol station T r i q D u n G u z e p p F a r r u g i a T r i q D r i s 44.502 44.415 44.335 44.302 44.274 44.210 44.199 44.162 44.122 44.085 44.005 43.676 43.426 43.227 44.099 44.078 44.097 44.171 44.226 44.251 44.307 44.328 44.393 44.477 T r i q T a` L - I b r a g T r i q S a n t ` A n d r i j a T r i q I l - Q a s a m T r i q T o b r u k T r i q T o b r u k T r i q N o r m a n d y T r i q M e d i t e r r a n T r i q i l - P r o f e s s u r W. G a n a d o T r i q S a n t ` A n d r i j a T r i q S a n t ` A n d r i j a Triq Sant'Andrija Triq Sant'Andrija Triq It-Tiben Triq Gwielaq Triq Gharbiel Triq ta' l-Ibragg Saqaf pjanci Triq il-Uqija Lotto Office STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP Triq Arnhem Triq Normandy Triq il-Professur Walter Ganado Triq il-Uqija STOP BUS BUS STOP STOP STOP STOP BUS Triq Sant'Andrija Triq ta' l-Ibragg Lotto Office 58.052 58.196 57.593 57.715 56.973 57.284 58.066 58.320 58.624 58.134 57.890 57.604 57.566 57.550 57.350 57.351 57.538 STOP STOP BUS STOP BUS STOP SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW SLOW 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 SLOW SLOW SLOW 50 50 SLOW SLOW PEMBROKE VALLETTA PEMBROKE VALLETTA PEMBROKE SWIEQI GOZO GOZO SLOW SLOW STOP STOP BUS STOP BUS STOP STOP PEMBROKE PEMBROKE SWIEQI SWIEQI PEMBROKE VALLETTA PEMBROKE VALLETTA STOP BUS ONLY BUS ONLY low level landscaping STOP STOP Plan showing the road intervention near the Luxol Ground