Finishing Dock One project is a priority – Muscat

Labour will finish Cospicua’s Dock One project, rebuild the Birżebbuġa waterpolo pitch and construct a pedestrian crossing on the Mrieħel Bypass, according to Joseph Muscat. In a whirlwind tour of the three sites yesterday morning, the Labour leader said the Dock One regener-ation project – dogged by delays – would be “one of the first” projects to be concluded. His 10-minute stopover at Cospicua was disrupted by heavy rain before he travelled to Birżebbuġa, where he was greeted by a crowd of supporters huddled together against the wind. Dr Muscat stood next to the dilapidated waterpolo pitch metres away from a sign erected by the Resources Ministry last year that read Works In Progress. He said a Labour government would finish the project and give residents back the waterpolo pitch as compensation for the inconvenience caused by industrial activity in the area. Dr Muscat’s third stop was Qormi, where a small community has long clamoured for the construction of a footbridge over the Mrieħel Bypass to be able to make it to the town centre. In 2005 two teenage girls died when they were run over while crossing the busy road to go home. A footbridge was promised but plans were shelved...