More than €500,000 are being invested in a scheme that will enable 260 Birżebbuġa residents to replace their old windows with double glazed ones for better protection from the surrounding noise pollution.
The scheme is being wholly funded by the Freeport Corporation and will be managed by the Regulator for Energy and Water Services, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli and Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said on Thursday.
Announcing a similar scheme in September 2019, then Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi had said Birżebbuġa residents are to be offered a grant of up to €2,000 for double glazing as part of a government drive to reduce the inconvenience of noise pollution from the nearby Freeport. Residents in 33 streets had been eligible to benefit from that scheme.