The Nationalist Party has criticized the Maltese government, stating that the country is facing a national crisis due to serious deficiencies in roadworks planning across the entire nation.

According to the PN, after spending €700 million and 11 years, the situation has deteriorated rather than improved. Roads that were opened for infrastructure works are now being closed again after a few years to undertake new projects. The PN emphasizes that the country urgently needs comprehensive planning to avoid wasting millions of euros.

These concerns were raised during a press conference held on Triq il-Fortizza tal-Mosta, Mosta, addressed by Shadow Minister for Transport and Mobility, Mark Anthony Sammut, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Capital Projects, Joe Giglio, and European Parliament election candidate, Louise Anne Pulis.

The PN representatives pointed out that roads where work was supposedly completed are now being closed again. Similar situations are occurring in Mosta, Ħal Luqa, Żurrieq, Xgħajra, and Ħaż-Żabbar, among others. They attribute these closures not to poor contractor work, but to government incompetence in planning, only now remembering that works were related to electricity services.

The PN emphasized the consequences of this lack of planning, including increased expenses and waste of resources, ongoing congestion causing more stress and inconvenience, as well as environmental degradation with roads being closed multiple times, causing significant disruption and poorly managed air quality.

The PN highlighted that this situation is creating a double inconvenience in traffic, especially when many roads are closed simultaneously, leaving people struggling to find alternative routes. They criticized the government for its incompetence and lack of planning, leading to the misallocation of funds, including European funds, which could have been used more responsibly had the work been executed with a proper plan.

The PN representatives stressed that the government should be using some of the allocated funds for consultations with industry experts. Instead, they accused the government of using funds to win over certain European Parliament candidates or backbenchers, rather than investing in effective infrastructure projects for the benefit of the nation.

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