The ceremony held to inaugurate the bridge that links Fort St Elmo to one of the arms of the Grand Harbour breakwater in Valletta cost €29,676.20.

€354 were spent on filming footage of the bridge for press distribution; €27,078 went towards the audiovisual effects and setup for the inauguration ceremony; €224.20 was the cost of artwork for the e-invite; €1,770 were paid for a 15-minute of video production about the building of the bridge and its history and €250 were used to make a photographic CD of the launch.

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Communication Austin Gatt disclosed this information in response a Parliamentary Question posed by Labour Deputy Gino Cauchi.

The steel bridge was fabricated in Spain and represented an investment of around €2.8 million by Transport Malta.