No-entry signs blocking the public from entering various areas in the countryside, some leading to the foreshore, are “mushrooming” across the island spurring environmental lobbyists to call for stronger laws safeguarding people’s right to enjoy Malta’s limited nature areas.
Some of the “no entry” and “private property” signs that recently cropped up in areas like Wardija, Fomm ir-Riħ and Kunċizzjoni are believed to be illegal.
“Over the last months, illegal closures of country paths have exploded rapidly and pervasively,” said Astrid Vella, from environmental NGO
Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar.
She said this had a major impact on people who wanted to walk in the countryside, as alternative routes are not always available.
Tributes to well-known former shopkeeper who loved helping people
He had already beaten Covid, but he wasn t as strong as he had been
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Harry Briggs, 86, was the former owner of Powers Sports in Derby (Image: Sarah Webb)
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A passionate man who loved helping people is how a well-known former shopkeeper will be remembered.
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A BOAT dealer has defended his decision to install signs on a private road in Wargrave to deter trespassers.
David Bushnell, director of John Bushnell Ltd, owns a section of Loddon Drive, near the railway bridge.
He runs Bushnell Marine Services, which is the sales and repair section of the family business based at Thameside Marina in Watermans Way.
Two red and white notices have been placed at the end of the street saying that it is only open to residents of Loddon Drive and their visitors and there is no access to walkers, joggers and cyclists.
Petition to protect Swanscombe Marshes from London Resort theme park development nears 20,000 signatures as campaign to save land steps up
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Updated: 16:07, 08 February 2021
A petition calling for the protection of marshland where the UK s largest theme is set to be built has been signed by more than 20,000 people.
The Save Swanscombe Marshes campaign fighting to designate the area as a site of special scientific interest (SSSI) stepped up today as dozens of ecology experts and campaigners pressed Natural England to grant an application for tougher conservation rules.
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The London Resort is set to be built on the Swanscombe Peninsula. Picture: EDF Energy