Marsa-Hamrun bypass to close tonight

The southbound carriageway of the Marsa-Hamrun bypass will be closed between 7pm on Monday and 5am on Tuesday while workers lay new asphalt as part of the ongoing road upgrade in the area.

The southbound carriage way from the Tal-Qroqq tunnel beneath the university roundabout, all the way to the Santa Venera tunnel, will also be closed, Infrastructure Malta said.

Works were supposed to be carried out on Tuesday, but were brought forward because of bad weather forecast.

Road users are urged to avoid the area. Motorists traveling south from the Kappara flyover will be diverted to the Univesrity of Malta roundabout and on towards Msida and Marsa through Triq Diċembru 13.

Users travelling towards Regional Road in Birkirkara, will be directed towards Santa Venera and Hamrun. 

Users coming from the Mrieħel bypass towards the Marsa-Hamrun Bypass will be redirected to Qormi and Luqa.  

The lanes marked in yellow will be closed for traffic

Infrastructure Malta has already laid the first of the final two layers of asphalt on the carriage last Saturday. 

Over 1,500 tonnes of asphalt will be used for these works. Another 2,400 tonnes were required to lay the penultimate layer, on Saturday. 

Similar works will be carried out to complete the northbound carriageway between the 13 and 17 October.