We deserve better

I, the undersigned, am a resident of Triq Katerina Vitale in Xemxija and I am writing this letter with regard to the terrible state our road is in. Roadworks started during the month of November and four months later we see no progress whatsoever. In fact, it is not only devastating for us to go out/park etc in our road, but it is also threatening the residents' health and safety.

For instance, four weeks ago, due to the fact that no light was put up and no barriers were in place to cover open trenches covered with fresh concrete, my daughter fell into it waist deep.

This not only damaged my daughter's clothes and the things she was carrying but also caused severe stress on my daughter's part, considering that the incident could have been a serious one. That same night, another person fell into the same trench! After reporting all this to the ADT (we even have photos as evidence of this incident), they immediately took the necessary action by putting lights up and covering trenches. We just cannot understand why workers do not lay stress on health and safety and do not take the necessary precautions and instead have to wait for incidents like these to happen to take action.

We are in desperate need of our road to be taken care of. We feel that the people in charge, workers and all, are all taking us for a ride, since complaints have been made by residents and the situation is still a bad one. At the moment, we have an open trench in the middle of the road and we even see rats coming out of it!

There is no doubt that we deserve better!