Floods show that projects led by Ian Borg have failed - Bernard Grech
It is clear that major projects led by Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg have failed, Opposition leader Bernard Grech said on Saturday, after Borg blamed climate change for the flooding of recently completed roads. After heavy rains caused several parts of the island to flood and turn roads into rivers, journalists confronted Borg on Friday for an explanation as to how multi-million projects such as the Marsa Junction and Tal-Balal road had flooded, despite works having been completed on them relatively recently. He deflected criticism and blamed the flooding on “extraordinary rain” caused by climate change. “Hearing Ian Borg say this is climate change makes you realise how much he doesn’t respect people’s intelligence,” Grech said in a radio interview on Saturday morning. “Climate change didn’t start this year. Works on these roads have just been finished, are you telling me that you weren’t aware of climate change two or three years ago when these projects were being planned? Weren’t you aware that these roads flooded?” “To me, it is gross incompetence if new roads cannot handle floods, particularly when they’re spearheaded by a minister who thinks of himself as some sort...