Accident in waiting Part of the works in the ill-conceived revamping of Triq il-Prinjoli, Santa Luċija, entailed the repositioning and replacement of the street lighting with a new LED system. Soon after the lights became functional, a Transport Malta sub contractor inadvertently damaged the power cable while drilling the ground to insert one of the new 50 poles supporting traffic signs (in a mere 400-metre stretch of road) to go with the change to a one-way traffic system. Uglification rather than embellishment. Consequently, two lights right opposite my house have been inoperable for five months. Simply preposterous! To make matters worse, as the powers that be often have the knack to do, in the same area the pavement has been protruded to create a pedestrian crossing complete with Belisha Beacons. The beacons are not yet installed resulting in at least four vehicles crashing into the protrusion, three of them at night. Three damaged their right-side front wheel beyond repair – tyre and rim, in the process. The prepared fitting to take the beacon pole has also been destroyed. I must make it amply clear that once all this was reported, the local council did all they could to...