The proposal of the bridge project has begun since 1972, as the Labour party administration has elected on having a feasible connection to cross from Gozo to Malta and vise versa. It was said that the project could possibly be constructed in four years with €1 billion and it would cost €4 million each year for the bridge to be kept maintained and be kept in good operation. A tunnel has also been considered but at that time the cost was found to be to high for the project to be done.
In 2006 an online poll of the Times of Malta have declared that 55 percent of the respondents have supported this proposal.
In June 2013 a Chinese company that could construct the tunnel bridge project from Malta to Gozo, said that the study to assess the feasibility would cost around €4 million. At a later stage Anton Refalo said that a referendum should be determined to see what the Gozitans would prefer, either a tunnel or a bridge.
Reading other articles about the decision of construction a bridge/tunnel or not, progresses to a Geologist named Peter Gatt says that there should be a National Geological Service before heading to construct a connection project from Malta to Gozo. Moreover an Environmentalist Alan Deidun concluded that as a disadvantage risk that may happen is that Gozo might be created with traffic congestion.
Although Gozo tries to preserve its natural environment, the 'Eco Gozo island' still took in consideration to construct the bridge/tunnel, yet the analysis study and ecstatically value resulted that this could cause damage to the environment.
In consideration to the advantages that can improve the system, if the bride/tunnel will be constructed are, students/employees/ family visitors and more can cross quicker and faster in much less time, if the Malta Public Transport will decrease its service it will also help the environmental system for people to make more use of the public transport to travel from Malta and Gozo, the bulk of the containers can be also faster and more reliable for the merchandise to be imported and exported, more businesses can be more of success in Gozo and avoiding the weather conditions problem from having a slower service or ferry cancellation.
On the other hand there are other issues that keep the project pending from being done, such like high costs, Gozo may lose its uniqueness, may cause more traffic conjunction in Gozo, the construction takes a number of years to get done, with the amount of money that they will spend to construct the tunnel/bridge they could buy another ship and make the service more frequent.
In my consideration I would suggest for the ferry to improve and update with the maritime engines, in order to be faster, stronger, safer for the travelers to cross from one island to the other and so that way they could save more money and time in order to spend that large amount for the construction to be done or spend the money by buying another ship.
References:
MaltaToday.com.mt, 2016. "Gozo Tunnel Movement Wants Project Up And Running By 2028". Web. 6 Jan. 2017
Times of Malta, 2016. Ltd, Allied. "Tunnel Linking Malta To Gozo Most Viable Option – Muscat; 'Queue' Of Consortia Interested In Project". Web. 6 Jan. 2017
Independent.com.mt, 2016. "Government Intends Moving Forward With Malta-Gozo Link, But All Options Open - PM - The Malta Independent". Web. 6 Jan. 2017
Independent.com.mt, 2016. 'Malta-Gozo Tunnel A Plausible Solution To Transport Network Challenges' - Front Favur Il-Mina - The Malta Independent". Web. 6 Jan. 2017
Times of Malta, 2016. Ltd, Allied. "Malta-Gozo Tunnel Study ‘Superficial’ - Expert". Web. 6 Jan. 2017
MaltaToday.com.mt, 2016. "Gozo Tunnel By 2030 Is In ‘Race Against Time’". Web. 6 Jan. 2017
Times of Malta, 2015. Ltd, Allied. "Gozo: Bridge Plan Shelved, Focus Will Be On Tunnel". Web. 6 Jan. 2017
Times of Malta, 2015. Ltd, Allied. "Tunnel Vision For Gozo? Lively Exchanges On Timestalk". Web. 6 Jan. 2017.
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