‘I trust everyone and no one’

He runs a vast portfolio that will be largely responsible for giving the Labour government its visible deliverables. Transport Minister Joe Mizzi tells Kurt Sansone why he is the hands-on type. Soon after becoming minister you said administrative delays had stalled the work on some large projects and EU funds risked being lost. Which are these projects? There were various projects that ran such a risk but we wanted to understand the problems and try to find solutions. We are still in the process of salvaging the EU funds and this is not the right time to identify the affected projects before we have a clearer picture. One such project was the underpass being built on Marsa’s December 13 road. We are going to meet the deadline. Another project is the storm water tunnels. There were problems with this project but we solved most of them. So EU funds will not be lost? If we solved most problems then there will be no massive loss of funds as was going to happen. But I still believe we will deliver on time. Will these projects be also delivered within budget? Our aim is to deliver the projects within budget but with some we will have problems. There are certain capital projects we have...