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OUTPUT n. 3.2

PILOT FACT SHEET: Hal-Tarxien /

Dissemination level: PUBLIC

Work package n. 3

Version: Final

Date of preparation: 10/09/2012

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TABLE OF CONTENT

1. General description of the city ...... 3

1.1. Description of the city ...... 3

1.2. Freight transport Infrastructure in Hal-Tarxien ...... 4

1.3. Regulations applicable to Urban Freight Transport ...... 7

1.4. Major freight traffic problems ...... 7

2. Stakeholders: facts about their role in urban transport ...... 7

2.1. List of Stakeholders ...... 7

2.2. The role of the single stakeholders for city logistics ...... 9

3. Existing practices ...... 9

4. Existing ideas about solutions and projects ...... 10

4.1. Other ideas ...... 10

5. Existing conflicts ...... 11

6. Previous relevant ideas not put into practice ...... 11

7. Previous relevant ideas put into practice, whether they were successful or not ...... 11

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1. General description of the city

1.1. Description of the city Tarxien is one of the oldest villages which were inhabited. His name probably comes from the plural of the word tirxa, which means stone or large slab detached from the others. Can also mean 'plain', a place where animals graze, pasture. The existence of this neighborhood accounts for about 4000 years and by scholars of Archaeology is considered the main city of Malta Neolitika and its temples, great b' ħaġar founded, was given the pagan worship to the Strong Women, goddess of fertility now found in the Museum of Archaeology in . Evidence of this are the same temples found within Sir Temi Zammit in 1915. he population of Tarxien today counts with 8, 580 people. Until the sixties (1960) was here at Tarxien people who were earning their living from agriculture, especially from milk sales. Today (2003) it all ended and some people still earn fed by agricultural products.

Its main roads are: Misra ħ ir-Repubblika (Republic Square), Misra ħ is-Suq (Market Square),Triq Bir żebbu ġa (Birzebbuga Road), Triq Brittanika (Brittany Street), Triq Ħal Tarxien ( Ħal Tarxien Road), Triq id-Dejma (Dejma Street), Triq il-Kbira (Main Street), Triq il-Palma (Palm Street), Triq Paola (Paola Road), Triq San Anard (St Leonard Road), Triq Santa Marija (St Mary Street), Triq Tal-Barrani (Outer Road), Triq il-Knisja (Church Street), Triq iz-Zejtun (Olive Road), Triq Marju Schembri (Mario Schembri Street).

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1.2. Freight transport Infrastructure in Hal-Tarxien

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• Route 8: 29,025 trips/year Route length: 6.15km Total distance = 178,504km

This route is a direct link from Valletta to Malta International Airport and serves the localities of Paola, Tarxien and . In order to obtain a reasonable proportion of contribution for the usage by this locality, the fraction of the served population has been considered for the locality’s contribution. Tarxien accounts for approximately 39% of the population served by this route.

• Route 11/12: 33,913 trips/year Route length: 6.15km Total distance = 208,565km

This route serves the localities of Paola, Tarxien, and Bir żebbu ġa. Tarxien accounts for approximately 30% of the population served by this route. The total travel distance attributed to the locality is 63,159km.

• Route 27: 23,385 trips/year Route length: 6.15km Total distance = 143,818km

This route serves the localities of Paola, Tarxien, Żejtun and . Tarxien accounts for approximately 23% of the population served by this route. This fraction of the route’s energy consumption has therefore been attributed to the locality and so, the total travel distance attributed to the locality is 33,057km.

• Routes 29/30: 38,996 trips/year Route length: 6.15km Total distance = 239,825km

These routes serve the localities of Paola, Tarxien, and Żejtun. Tarxien accounts for approximately 25% of the population served by this route. The total travel distance attributed to the locality is 61,080km.

• Routes 427/627:

These are a direct route from Bugibba to Marsaxlokk. Although they serve the locality along the way, they are primarily intended for tourists.

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The city is adjacent to the Bulebel industrial area in its South-East part and it suffers from the transit of heavy vehicles, which pass through its centre in order to avoid the traffic lights on major San Anard Road. Tts North-West part borders on the town of Paula and the docks. Its city centre is characterized by a high number of narrow street and a commercial area in Xintill road in the South-West, just behind the city church. This peculiar location causes several problems such as traffic congestion and damage to surrounding buildings.

• Kordin industrial estate (2): Situated on the outskirts of Paola, the industrial estate houses 101 units and a total site area on 259,903 sqm.

• Ta' Sammat Industrial Estate (3), which contains and is surrounded by: o Number of quays: 16 o Number of wharf: 2 o Harbors: 2 o Dry dock: 1 o Docking basin: 1 o Storehouse: 1

• Bulebel Industrial Estate (1). Bulebel Industrial Estate is one of the major industrial estates in Malta. Among the factories located here are: o De La Rue, which produces the money for different nations. o ACMA INOX and Metal, a metalworking company The estate found in the outskirts of Żejtun, near the localities of Tarxien and , and is not far from the Malta International Airport. It contains around 60 companies.

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1.3. Regulations applicable to Urban Freight Transport n.a.

1.4. Major freight traffic problems − Congestions on the roads − Poor transport networks − High dependence on private vehicles, − High proportion of cars in relation to the population, − Narrow roads in different parts of the city centre, − Pollution issues including air, noise etc. − Inefficient system of transport network coordination.

2. Stakeholders: facts about their role in urban transport

2.1. List of Stakeholders Name Organisation Mr. Paul Farrugia Hal-Tarxien Local Council/Mayor Birzebbuga Local Council / Mr. Joseph Baldacchino Mayor Local Councils' Association / Mr. Jimmy Magro Executive Chairman Malta Chamber of Commerce Mr. Joseph Tanti and Enterprise / CEO Dr. Stanley Portelli Transport Malta / CEO AMES Garage / Managing Mr. Alfred Vella Director Mr John Schembri Local Council / Mayor Air & Land Sea Express Valletta Philip A Grima / Managing Director Aircargo Logistics Ltd / Patrick Anastasi Managing Director Arrow Express Ltd Marsa / Nicholas Zammit Managing Director

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Carmelo Caruana Co Ltd Marsa Karl Naudi / Airfreight General Manager Cordina Steamship & Airline Co M Cordina Borg Ltd Valletta / Managing Director Sebastien Letihon Cosmo (Malta) Limited / Director EuroFreight Services Ltd Luqa / Quentin Zahra Commercial Manager Eyre Cargo Services Luqa / Air Jesmond Mifsud Cargo Manager Fahrenheit Freight Forwarders Alexander Mallia Co Ltd / Director Focal Maritime Services Ltd Patrick Saliba Birzebbuga / Sales Executive FreightZone (Malta) Ltd Mark Cortis / Director Gollcher Air Express Ltd Valletta Mark Gollcher / Director Jet Services Ltd Mriehel KP International Ltd Paola / Pierre Attard Managing Director Kuehne + Nagel Ltd / Mr V Callus Manager Moving-Cargo Logistics Eugenio Vella Birkirkara / Managing Director Ocean & Sky Logistics Ltd Alex Polidano Marsa / Director Pony Express (Malta) Ltd Paul Pisani Birkirkara / Director Salvo Grima (Freeport Quentin Zahra Operations) Ltd Marsa / Operations Manager Sierra Aviation Co Ltd Luqa Stanley Bugeja Airport / Managing Director SMS Cargo (S Mifsud & Sons Dion Buhagier Said Ltd) Valletta / General Manager Thomas Smith & Co Ltd Valletta Bernard Muscat / General Manager Triton Logistics Ltd Valletta / John Debono Director Michel Licari TubeLine Limited Luqa / Director

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World Express Logistics Luqa / Jonathan Harmsworth Operations Manager Ms. Carmen Borg GRTU Land Transport Directorate – Ing. Ronald Attard Pullicino Transport Malta Integrated Transport Strategy Mr. Stephen Camilleri Directorate – Transport Malta Land Transport Directorate – Mr. Vince Micallef Pule’ Transport Malta Mr. John Boxall Mayor – Local Council Exec. Secretary – Luqa Local Mr. Michael Portelli Council Mr. Francis Debono Mayor – Marsa Local Council Mr. Francis Callus Mayor – Safi Local Council Mr. Paul Farrugia Mayor – Tarxien Local Council Ms. Caroline Ebejer Valletta Gateway Terminals Councilor – Birzebbuga Local Mr. Stanley Zammit Council James Confectionery Sonren Pharmacy Bowyer House D&E TECH Hunter Towers Self Standa Tom Tailor WJA Distributors J.V. Meli Imports Falcar Autocentre Tarxien Doughnuts Gutenberg Press Ltd

2.2. The role of the single stakeholders for city logistics

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3. Existing practices

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4. Existing ideas about solutions and projects

- Re-routing of Traffic (Dejma Road)

- Better Signage

- Freight transport Quality Partnership

- Local Mobility Plan

4.1. Other ideas

a) Loading/unloading areas into the city centre

There is a project that plans to overhaul an unused area of land that lies between Spiru Spitter Road and Jos Burlo road, this is shown highlighted on the map below. The plan for this area of land would be to convert it from disused waste land as it is now into a parking and loading area that can be used for local residents, the schools, visitors and also truck parking and both unloading and loading activities along with deliveries, this will be especially beneficial at times of the year when events are taking place in Tarxien.

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b) Environmental Zone

The above point links to the second major idea put forward by the mayor, the concept of closing off the central part of Tarxien around the church to reduce both pollution and also enable the town to use the square for other things. This idea is supported by the car park scheme as from the site in question there is 3 access routes down into the square these are highlighted in green. The funding for this project is predicted to come from European funding methods and the work itself is likely to operate under a public and private partnership set up.

5. Existing conflicts

6. Previous relevant ideas not put into practice

n.a.

7. Previous relevant ideas put into practice, whether they were successful or not

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