Transport Malta charges The Times €20 for supply of works information

Shattered and dangerous pavements lining Melita Street, Valletta, will be around for some time, with Transport Malta admitting it has yet to receive even a preliminary go-ahead to redo them. Despite spending €160,000 to repave the street over the summer, pavements remain in a state of disrepair. The transport regulator had last October insisted pavements were a “works in progress,”, although the €160,000 tender summary had already allocated €69,712 to “footpath construction and reinstatement works”. But a Freedom of Information request made to Transport Malta has now forced the regulator to admit it has no paperwork related to Melita Street pavements. “To date we still have no public documentation to provide on the works on the pavement, since we are still awaiting approvals to carry out these works,” a Transport Malta spokesman said. The admission means residents, workers and tourists walking through upper Melita Street must continue to risk injury, with no timeframe for the works. Transport Malta charged this newspaper €20 for the information, telling The Times that sourcing it – together with the name of the contractor responsible for the road paving – Denfar Excavators – had...