An application by Transport Malta to construct marina offices and commercial outlets in Gżira’s seafront garden has prompted environmental NGOs to object to another bite into a “vital” recreational area.
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar slammed the building of such a structure in a century-old public garden for “violating every norm of town planning”.
It said the proposal breaches the North Harbour Local Plan, “which recognises recreational facilities are an essential part of community development and safeguards land for this use”.
A plan of the area that will be ‘lost’.
FAA also expressed fear that the permit is just a “facade” to build a restaurant in a prime site, Ġnien il-Kunsill tal-Ewropa, citing similar examples including three in the Pietà area alone.