PR 18/05/2008 Alternattiva Demokratika urges the Authorities not to give in to pressures by the bus owners.

In a statement issued by Alternattiva Demokratika, spokesperson for transport, Mark Scerri said that “AD would like to express its support for the Authorities in their dispute with the bus owners over emissions testing, and urges the Authorities not to give in to the bus owners’ pressures”

Mr Scerri added that, “It is a known fact that Malta suffers from high ambient concentrations of air borne dust (partly due to the emission of black smoke by diesel engines), and that this pollutant has serious effects on human health. It is therefore inconceivable that heavy emitters of this pollutant such as the older buses are allowed to pollute the air without restraint”.