State of abandonment - July 19, 2006

It is a pity that one has to revert to writing to The Times so that action can be taken soonest. I am attaching pictures of the state of abandonment The Gardens is in. And this is now; can you imagine when the work at Pender Place really gets under way? I pity my neighbours in the vicinity of this development.

Last week some men came and planted a few plants in the roundabout, and left, without watering the poor plants (unless they heard it was going to rain) and, of course, leaving the place full of bottles and tins and rubbish of all sorts.

The wrought iron around the three mini-gardens need inspecting and repairs. One of the road signs is turned the other way; all the trees need pruning; the amount of empty bottles and the rest of the rubbish need to be cleaned up. Why is it that these three mini-gardens are the only dust bins in the whole of The Gardens? Now the work has stopped on the first house going into Mensija Street and the rubble left over by some irresponsible person needs to be cleaned up. Every time a car drives by, it creates a dust cloud for all the residents in the vicinity to inhale.

I wonder if the person who left this rubble would have left it near his house? Of course not. He is sitting pretty far away from here. What is the council waiting for to see who the culprit is and bring him to book?

Cannot St Julians local council draw up a contract with a gardening company to look after all the roundabouts in the St Julians area and so be assured of a clean and an attractive environment? After all there must be enough funds to look after this contract judging by the amount of money that is collected through the numerous fines on our roads!