In the Press: Coast Road 'savings' down to cutting side projects

The Times of Malta

The government shaved ome €30 million off the cost of the Coast Road project by omitting certain works from the original designs, not through negotiating discounts with contractors. These include long stretches of pavement, safety barriers, retaining walls and storm water drains, among others.

Sources close to the contractors say they warned the government that there would be consequences to leaving out parts of the design plan. 

In-Nazzjon

Maltese families are paying some €3,000 annually to fund the subsidy given to the public transport operator, the PN said yesterday. This regardless of whether they use the service and without any guarantee that it would improve. 

L-Orizzont

Primary and secondary school teachers are discussing the possibility of removing mid-year exams for students, as well as the implementation of a new learning framework the government has proposed. 

The Malta Independent

Gay and trans members of the Nationalist party have personally denounced conversion therapy but stopped short of saying what the party's stance on the issue should be.