The Malta Tourism Authority has started work on the embellishment of Wied Iz-Zurrieq, which is popular among divers and tourists taking boats to the Blue Grotto.

The €90,000 project will include the resurfacing of the quay with coloured concrete, replacement of the stone benches along the quay, the building of a shelter for those waiting for the boats, improvements to the slipway and the access ramp, new hand rails and divers’ ladders, new buoys, rehabilitation of the boat house, a general clean-up of the rocky shore and the erection of new signage.

Qrendi local council is contributing €11,000 for the works.

The MTA explained that the work could not be taken in hand earlier because of the weather.

Parliamentary Secretary Mario de Marco, who visited the site, said this was another example of investment in the tourist product.

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