Mtarfa residents trapped in their locality by road works, motorist complains

Mtarfa residents who left home later than usual were in for a surprise on Wednesday morning when they found that the only road in and out of the locality was inaccessible due to roadworks which coincided with the change in direction of the locality's exit point.

Triq San David and Triq il-Kav Vincenzo were the only two roads in and out of the locality until last week. The latter road was recently upgraded and following a request by the local council, it became a one-way road into Mtarfa. 

One resident said he was meant to drive to a VRT appointment when he found that the road out was blocked and there was no way he could leave Mtarfa. He said there were no warnings and residents were not told about the work.

He said that when he complained to Infrastructure Malta, he was told that the  agency had uploaded a post on Facebook.

“I appreciate the effort to build a new road, however, if an ambulance is needed in my area, there is literally no access at the moment, with an old people's home just opposite! Can you kindly clarify in urgency what we need to do about this?” the resident said in an angry email to Infrastructure Malta CEO Frederick Azzopardi.  

“I was going to take my car...