TRANSPORT MALTA

Transport Malta launched the National Transport Strategy 2050 and a ten-year draft Transport Master Plan for public consultation... This is the first time that a national, comprehensive and action-oriented transport master plan has been presented for public consultation. It is indeed a plan that will guide policy makers to drop the customary short-term only approach to solving transport issues, and start taking decisions in a coherent manner fitting within a wider strategic framework with studied outcomes... The Transport Strategy has a time horizon up to 2050 with its established vision to "provide a sustainable transport system which is efficient, inclusive, safe, integrated and reliable for people and freight, and which supports urban, rural and coastal environments and communities where people want to live and work: now and in the future". It identifies a set of strategic goals and guiding principles through which decision-making can be filtered with a view to creating a..