Enemalta drafting plans to close Marsa power station

Manuel Scicluna

Nov 3rd 2009, 19:25

2012 is the target date for most of the projects that according to Min. Gatt are to be ready. No wonder how busy he will be cutting all them ribbons.

j.spiteri

Nov 3rd 2009, 19:05

@J Martinelli
Does yor beloved GonziPn over here on this part of the globe care what we inhale? It is ironic of a person like yourself living in Canada comment on issues in Malta!

Anthony Roberts

Nov 3rd 2009, 15:37

Let's hope for a general election! Marie Roberts

Steve Rogers

Nov 3rd 2009, 15:18

@J. Martinelli

Your words do not go down well with people who are suffering, especially those who know you are living in far off Canada. Two NP MPs are harping that there is a serious problem in the area, yet all the way from London Ontario you say oh its just another 2 years - so put up with it.

@D. Stellini - Two wrongs do not make a right!

What is with Minister Gatt and 2012 and these projects. First the Cirkewwa project then the Marsa station and now also the windfarm. Either he's sure the world will end in 2012 or else we are in for an election??

wally vella-zarb

Nov 3rd 2009, 14:35

@ J.Martinelli

"The NP government may have exceeded budgets and delivered a little late, but it delivered nonetheless. "

'MAY have' ???

'a LITTLE late'???

Had they REALLY delivered, ON TIME, and WITHIN budget, we would not be in the mess that we are now in and our deficit would have been less than HALF of what it is now!

Keep on digging boy! The hole is getting ever deeper and you are persuading ever more rational floating voters towards Labour through your semantic convolutions. ;-)

Lawrence Gauci

Nov 3rd 2009, 14:30

Mr Martinelli it clearly shows that you are a Nationalist follower and i respect that however you are obviously biased. I am neither a LP or a NP follower i am what you call a floating voter and my comments are unbiased. If Mintoff's LP did nothing those days is wrong but awareness for cleaner air lately has been an issue worldwide. The NP has been ignoring this issue for 20 years and another 2 years for those living in those areas is ALOT maybe this issue isn't effecting you but at least now we know that you only see blue and i am sorry to point out you have egoistic views. Yesterday even The Honr. Mugliette pointed out this matter in parliament. The people are suffering and the govt. needs to do something and this is not a political issue

J Martinelli

Nov 3rd 2009, 13:31

@ Lawrence Gauci

You have been inhaling "god knows what" for fifty-eight years, what's another two years?

Remember that the oil-fired Marsa Power Station was converted to coal by the Socialist government which reigned between 1971 and 1987, and which was not the least concerned about what you breathed. Where were your protests and snide remarks then? Were you even born? The NP government reconverted to oil thus reducing emissions not to mention the multi-million euro scrubbers installed to further reduce airborne particles.

The NP government may have exceeded budgets and delivered a little late, but it delivered nonetheless. The (M)LP never had any workable plans, a vision for the future - just empty rhetoric which delivers zilch.

Manuel Micallef

Nov 3rd 2009, 12:51

So, they failed to close it when they promised this years ago, and now they are sellign it as a "new project".

They prmoised years ago tha tonce the Delimara is in operation, Marsa would close.

Can the Times keep Dr Gatt by his promise of closing Marsa powerstation by 2012? at least we get this. Can Gatt assure us that if this deadline is not achieved, he will resign? Can He?

D Stellini

Nov 3rd 2009, 12:02

It seems Mr Lawrence Gauci has forgotten the good old Labour days , when Dom Mintoff decided to convert the Marsa power station to be coal fired . What was he inhaling then ? And did he go for treatment at St Lukes treated by a polish doctor who could not speak English ?

laurence schembri

Nov 3rd 2009, 11:52

Dream on Austin....I hate saying this to a friend.

Lawrence Gauci

Nov 3rd 2009, 10:58

Hon. Gatt may i remind you that whenever your govt. has any plans to do any major project they tend to get over budgeted and tend to take much longer than expected. Ok let us daydream for a second and say you get 1 right out of all your projects and manage to be on time, we have to wait another 2 years for things to get started. Another 2 years of god knows what we are inhaling. This is incompetence at it's best and the people have to suffer for it. Even Nationalist MP's are getting frustrated with all the incompetence around ( case in point yesterdays parliament ). If people get ill due to this dust i presume they have to wait for months to get an appointment at Mater Dei. Ehh tal misthija olqtu wahda tajjba ax qed inbatu hawn taht

John Micallef

Nov 3rd 2009, 10:52

Li kont minnek ma nigrix Salv, ghax nibza li il-kbir ghadu gej.

beppe pisani

Nov 3rd 2009, 10:46

is this the same power station that was dismantled way back in the 70's from palermo by malta drydocks employees? is this the same power station that had to be shut down the day afetr that the delimara power plant fired up?.......................no wonder our politians keep taking us all for a ride!!

salvinu xuereb

Nov 3rd 2009, 10:27

Issa ha nsolvuwa il problema tal fantazma li jhalli trab iswed warajh!!!