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Graffitti action in Dingli shows power of unity after forcing IM into talks Courageous three-week direct action in Dingli comes to an end after roads agency pledges it will reduce road length by 2m and not fell any more trees 10 April 2021, 11:15am by Matthew Vella Moviment Graffitti has ended three weeks of constant direct action, in which the activists mounted a courageous sit-in to stop roadworks by Infrastructure Malta in an agricutural field in Dingli. The road, schemed since the 1960s bu...

Activists camping in Dingli to block works on a controversial “road to nowhere” cutting through fields have agreed to stand down after the authorities reduced the road’s width by a fifth. The scaling down of the project connecting Sienja and Muzew alleys with Don Bosco street will also ensure no more carob trees are destroyed and a Medieval chapel in the area is further protected, although its environmental context will be ruined. Two centuries-old trees have already been destroyed as par...

Burmarrad farmers join Graffitti in new front against Infrastructure Malta Road-widening projects again cutting into fertile agrictural land in rural villages 13 February 2021, 12:34pm by Matthew Vella Farmers, residents and activists in Burmarrad joined forces on the site of agricultural land and a nearby reservoir in danger of being lost due to proposed road works by Infrastructure Malta. Infrastructure Malta formally presented plans to build a roundabout right next to the site of a proposed...

The db Group has decided to halve the size of its controversial mega development in St George’s Bay, saying it was downscaling despite having no legal or planning obligations.   Objectors, however, argue that while the proposed height of the project has been reduced, the project could now include an extra-tower block and would still have a negative impact on the locality.   The db Group has presented new plans to reduce the maximum height of a proposed construction project from 31 storeys...