On this week’s Highways Voices, you’ll hear how the island of Malta is embracing British technology to transform its transport. Podcast guest, Kurt Farrugia, the CEO of Transport Malta shares what happens when uncoordinated road works, political pressure, and emergency recovery collide to lead to the use of a single platform to prevent gridlock.
This interview was prompted by TRL’s exporter of the year win at last autumn’s ITS UK Awards, and why Malta chose to digitise roadworks coordination at a national scale, and how their challenges, resistance, and lessons learned are directly relevant to UK networks dealing with congestion, resilience, and the push toward smarter traffic management systems.
In the podcast, you’ll hear a real-world example of how digital road works coordination can reduce congestion, political tension, and operational risk across an entire transport network, with practical insights into overcoming organisational resistance, stakeholder buy-in, and implementation challenges when moving from email-based processes to shared digital platforms.
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