News | Sunday, 04 April 2010

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Motorists relieved at Papal road miracle

The Pope will travel on his Popemobile through 33 localities and 40 parishes during his visit to Malta. Malta Transport has sped up its roadworks programme and spent practically the entire sum allocated to it for the year by contracting companies to asphalt stretches of roads thoughout the whole Papal route.
While government and MT insist that the “works were scheduled,” the public has witnessed a veritable heavy-plant machinery blitz all over the major routes, and has strengthened the belief that it does indeed take Papal intervention to shake the authorities into upgrading the state of the roads.
During his 26-hour stay between 17 and 18 April, Pope Benedict XVI will not be stopping anywhere other than as laid down in his itinerary, but his routes were planned to take in as many localities as possible. Where possible, the Popemobile would be driven near Old People’s Homes, monasteries and town centres.
It will be driven slowly to allow the people to greet the Pope, while bands will be playing in some localities.

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