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Government-proposed restaurant inside Gzira gardens ‘incongruous and excessive’
Superintendence for Cultural Heritage concerned by Gzira garden development
9 June 2021, 7:00am
by James Debono
The development of a 493sq.m parcel of the Gzira garden for a restaurant, offices, restrooms and other facilities for the yacht marina, will create an “extensive and incongruous volume that denies visual and physical access from the garden towards the sea,” the Superintendence for Cultural Heritage warned.
The development is being proposed in an application presented by Transport Malta in a central part of the Council of Europe Gardens, next to an Enemalta substation and very close to the play area.
Malta’s environmental regulator has said it does not object to plans to develop Manoel Island, with its board taking a vote to that effect on Friday.
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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”.
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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.
In an effort to monitor the use of the Glacis Park at Manoel Island by small land birds during spring migration, bird ringers from BirdLife Malta’s ringing scheme recently held a series of bird ringing sessions at the island’s Glacis Park.
The Manoel Island Glacis Park is an isolated green area surrounded by an urbanised environment, attracting birds on their journey from southerly wintering areas up to their breeding territories in Europe. The Glacis Park will be rehabilitated as part of MIDI’s plans to develop Manoel Island, providing a public park measuring 80,000sqm for the public to enjoy and appreciate.