Central level
The Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects, mainly through its agency β Transport Malta, is responsible for[1]:
- Develop integrated transport policies aimed at achieving modal shifts that favour public transport and non-polluting strategies;
- Ensure the development of an efficient and socially sustainable public transport system in Malta;
- Promote the maritime and civil aviation facilities of Malta and the registration of ships and aircraft under the Maltese flag;
- Promote policies that favour the development of Malta as a maritime hub in the Mediterranean and as an entre-port to the European Union;
- Encourage measures for the development of civil aviation and ancillary services, and in particular of air transport services of both passengers and cargo;
- Ensure that the administration, services and operations of ports and yachting centres in Malta are more efficient and cost-effective;
- Provide a sound financial basis for the Authority to be able to achieve target returns and investments; and
- Standardise practices in the transport sector in Malta in line with international norms and with those of the European Union in particular.
The function of the Agency for Infrastructure is[2]:
- to implement national plans , strategies and master plans for road and maritime infrastructure construction and road infrastructure strategies;
- to occupy, plan, design, construct, re-construct, repair, widen and renew any road, maintain the upkeep of, improve, manage, administer restore any road and maritime infrastructure and to manage and control any necessary road works;
- to erect, construct, develop and maintain poles and light fittings and road traffic safety and management facilities, including signs or signals, road markings and traffic calming measures, traffic control and management equipment, related lighting equipment and other road traffic facilities used for traffic management and control;
- to advise the Government on the formulation of policies relating to road infrastructure.
Regional level
The
Regional Councils are responsible for:
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The provision of assistance to local councils
within the region to benefit and successfully manage programmes which are
funded by the European Union.
Local level
The Local Councils are responsible for:
- Upkeep, maintenance, and improvement of local roads, road signs and markings and parking areas;
- with respect to any road, to provide for sweeping, cleaning and weed cutting, cleaning of road signs and road lights and to ensure that these are all accessible to all persons, including persons using a wheel-chair;
- Traffic management services;
- Installation and maintenance of bus shelters;
- to propose measures which relate to the maintenance and repair of local roads, pedestrian areas, parking areas, road signs and road markings within the locality,
- Provision of information related to the rights of citizens regarding transport.
Responsible ministries/bodies
Agency
for Infrastructure
Ministry for Transport,
Infrastructure and Capital Projects
Transport Malta
Sources
Agency for Infrastructure Act,
4 September 2018
Authority for Transport in
Malta Act, 31 July 2009
Local Government Act, 23
July 1993
Ministry for Transport,
Infrastructure and Capital Projects
Regional Committees
Regulations, 5 August 2011
Transport Malta
[1] Objectives and Policies, https://www.transport.gov.mt/transport-malta/objectives-and-policies-674
[2] Article 5 of the Agency for Infrastructure Malta Act