Page 10 - Steve Zammit Lupi News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Environmental NGOs and Attard residents have raised doubts about the “real intentions” behind the touted Ta’ Qali national park project. They maintain that commercial interest and concrete have overridden nature and that the park flies in the face of the concept of recreational space. The government’s plan is to double the size of the area, with an additional 200,000 square metres of land turned into open spaces – the size of 60 football pitches. Intended to be completed by 2022, the €20 million park is also meant to include a lagoon. The project has just been greenlighted by the Planning Authority. But Attard residents are already urgently requiring the Infrastructure Ministry, which trumpeted the plans that even include cycling flyovers, to suspend works until its concerns are addressed.

Ta qaliAlex torpianoSteve zammit lupiPlanning authorityInfrastructure ministryஸ்டீவ் ஜம்மித் ழுப்பிதிட்டமிடல் அதிகாரம்உள்கட்டமைப்பு அமைச்சகம்