No car park planned for Balluta
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority yesterday clarified that the Balluta Square was never earmarked for a car park, as claimed by residents.
The residents were opposing an idea, floated by the local council of St Julians, to have a car park below Balluta's square.
Alexander Pace Gouder, from the Balluta Residents' Association, said the Balluta area was one of three St Julians sites earmarked in the planning authority's local plan for the construction of car parks.
However, Mepa said the relevant plans only contained a measure to protect the square as a public space. It did earmark three strategic car parks in the St Julians area: Pender Place, Anġlu Mikiel Borg Street and within zone A of the Villa Rosa site.
Controversy erupted over the past few days after the local council of St Julians pressed ahead with plans for the car park, meeting opposition by the Balluta Residents' Association. But in an emergency meeting on Monday, the councillors decided to drop the project.
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L. Coleiro
Dec 3rd 2009, 11:54
@Alexander Pace Gouder
thanks for your clarification but if I where you I wouldn't worry that much. MEPA never does anything wrong in fact our PM also thinks that there isn't even the need for doubtful permits to go in front of the auditor.
The Balluta square is safe .........................for now.
Alexander Pace Gouder
Dec 3rd 2009, 11:05
Before comments start coming in on this subject we Balluta Residence Association/Save Balluta Square Group wish to clerify that we did and never refered to the MEPA LOCAL PLAN in our campaign to Save Balluta Square but to A Proposal for Traffic Management Projects in San Giljan made to MEPA by Private Consultants on Behalf of The St.Julians Local Council. The document refered to is MP&DC reference Prp01/2009 dated 10th March 2009 and sent on same date to MEPA.This document ( which is at our offices) was shown to all Balluta Residents and clearly refered to A Car Park project (with site maps attached)to be constructed in Balluta Square. For the guidance of all concerned the contents of the aboves article has already been clerified by us with The Times and MEPA. ALEXANDER PACE GOUDER as PRO and on behalf of BRA/SBSG.