Mosta square could be pedestrianised on weekends as part of a plan to reduce traffic in Malta’s town and village centres. The Slow Streets project would also see some of the town’s streets regularly closed to vehicles with traffic rerouted. Mosta is one of more than 40 localities to sign up to the project, which is a collaboration between the transport and local government ministries, Transport Malta and the local councils’ association. Architect Antoine Zammit of Studjuurban recently presented proposals to Mosta to residents and business owners at a public meeting. “The idea (of Slow Streets) is to create a network of roads within localities that is safe for pedestrians, particularly vulnerable people,” Zammit told Times of Malta. At the public meeting, Zammit said some changes have already taken place. Three streets behind the basilica are being pedestrianised with traffic only allowed for residents, Triq Il-Kurat Schembri, Triq Il-Parroċċa, and Triq Il-Lunzjata. There are plans to make part of Triq Anġlu Gatt, which has a particularly large elderly population, a one-way street to reduce cars using the street as a bypass. Another part of the street has been earmarked as a...
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