Firms may face problems if plans to ban large commercial vehicles from the roads during rush hours go ahead, the Nationalist Party transport spokesman, Toni Bezzina, has warned.

“This prohibition could lead employees in certain sectors being placed on a reduced-hours schedule and in some instances even render businesses less productive or, in extreme cases, non-viable,” Mr Bezzina said when asked to elaborate on comments he made last week during the PN general council.

Transport Malta is studying the proposal, which will help ease traffic congestion on main roads during the morning and afternoon rush hours.