The application for the construction of a roundabout in the spot where 26-year-old motorcyclist Johanna Boni tragically lost her life over 18 months ago is currently being assessed by the Planning Authority.
Contacted by this newspaper, a spokesperson from Transport Malta confirmed with The Malta Independent that the application for the construction of a roundabout at the junction between Naxxar's Vjal il-Labour and Triq Frangisk is currently being assessed by the Planning Authority.
On 20 April of last year, a few months after the tragic incident, Parliamentary Questions to former Transport Minister Joe Mizzi were tabled by Nationalist MP Robert Cutajar, who asked whether Transport Malta would request the Naxxar Local Council to create a roundabout in the junction in order to render it safer.
The Minister had replied that Transport Malta was planning on constructing a roundabout at the spot, adding: "This project will happen according to priorities, available funds as well as the process of procurement of the services of contractors."
In another Parliamentary Question for Mizzi on 5 May 2016, Cutajar asked whether the minister deemed the request as one deserving maximum priority given the fact that a fatal accident occurred there. The Minister replied that the project was at a planning stage and would eventually require government expropriation.
He again said that the project would be undertaken depending on national priorities, available funds and the procurement process.
The minister also asked the MP to substantiate allegations that the absence of a roundabout had caused the fatal accident.
"Despite the government saying that plans are being undertaken by Transport Malta to create a roundabout at the spot of the fatal motorcycle incident more than a year ago, nothing has been done," Nationalist MP Robert Cutajar told this newspaper. "This has nothing to do with politics; it is something for the common good. There is no need for this to take long," he said.
Meanwhile, Johanna's parents are frustrated with the way in which the court case of her daughter's death is dragging on. More than a year down the road, Mr and Mrs Boni are still waiting to see the sketches and the results of the inquiry.
"All we are asking for is a sketch and inquiry results to know how our daughter died," Mrs Boni said, emphasising that 18 months have passed since her daughter's death and that they are still in the dark. "If it wasn't for the pictures in the media following the incident, we would not know anything," said Mrs Boni, who had come down from Sicily together with her husband following the news of her daughter's death. She stated that the accident was a "simple transport accident" that should not take 18 months, and counting, to solve.
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