Work has been completed on one of Gozo’s main arterial roads – Triq il-Hamrija and has now been reopened for traffic.

During a visit to the site, the Minister for Gozo Justyne Caruana said that work on the one-kilometre road had been very extensive. Length of kilometre, but had been reconstructed to last, with new services, as well as new pavements and a traffic management plan.

Architect Claude R. Mallia, who was responsible for the work on the road, explained that it was rebuilt after the removal of 24,000 tonnes of material. Then 11,000 cubic metres of gravel was laid, as well as 1.5km of new pipes and services, followed by 11,000 square metres of tarmac, which was put down in three layers, with the last coating including gravel used for skid resistance as required to meet the appropriate standards for this road. This in addition to the 1,500 square metres of new pavements whilst avoiding the terraced parts to address the accessibility problem.

The architect said that he was also working on the organisation of all junctions adjacent to the road and the implementation of recommendations for the traffic management and parking, making it more ordered and safe both for drivers and those in the pedestrian zones.

Dr Caruana explained that this road complements other projects already undertaken in Xewkija, including St. John the Baptist Square and Church Street.

She also announced that a tender had been published to upgrade the pavements in the Hamrija housing estate and work is expected to start on Triq Santa Elizabbetta and roads around the industrial zone.

The Minister said that the concept of Project Gozo – Roads in Your Location – is being carried out all around Gozo and now includes 73 different roads across the island.

Minister Caruana said that as the work was underway in Mgarr Road Nadur and the tender has been published work on the 4-kilometre Marsalforn Road, “we will start to implement the election promise to create a ring road around Victoria. This addition is to the application we have before the Planning Authority to build an alternative road from the Port of Mgarr,” said Minister Caruana.

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