DCC refers Villa Degiorgio development application to heritage committee

Stephen Borg Cardona

Jan 19th 2010, 23:32

Please note Dr Gonzi that you are being judged !

P. Abela

Jan 19th 2010, 18:21

Mela..........Mepa recieves an application for development in Sliema (North) u hafna DCC u PA Board u Case officers u ifs and buts u xi kull tant jidhol Pilatu u Mepa throughs everything to some other institution ghax bla bol.......s burokrasija galore, meetings, consultations etc etc...and they go round circles to make ends meet to keep everyone happy........(scratch my back and Mepa scratch yours!) u meta some stupid developer tries to embellish the SOUTH and puts in an application for development jkollo risultat spirtu pront.............NO GRANT PERMISSION? Halluna please do not insult our intelligence furthermore.

Rita Camilleri

Jan 19th 2010, 16:29

why more apartments in SLiema ???? Load have been built, its becoming a slum area. Most of the new apartments which have been built are still empty. so please please please leave SLiema alone, all we have are cranes, traffic jams and noise noise noise.

Joe Morana

Jan 19th 2010, 16:17

Stop the unsustainable development in Sliema. Residents' health and quality of life are adveresely effected by overdevelopment which generates more motor vehicle traffic precipitating traffic and air pollution problems in this locality.
a)MEPA's own Norther Harbours Local Plan states that Sliema is overdeveloped
b) MEPA's own air quality monitoring reports which state that air polltion levels in Sliema exceed the EU safety levels
c) ADT asserts that the Sliema main road infrastructure is overloaded beyond their capacity
d) A traffic management report commissioned by a private developer which confirms ADT's report on inadequate road infrastructure
e) ADT asserts that more developoment in Sliema will precipitate the already precarious Sliema traffic problems.
It is time that Sliema residents unite, voice their concerns and support the Sliema Residents' Association in its work to make Sliema a better place to live in.

P Pace Balzan

Jan 19th 2010, 16:13

@Sarah Camilleri
It is too late in the day for your proposal to have any effect and there are flats all around the area in question. Some date back to the sixties.

Joseph Brincat

Jan 19th 2010, 16:02

A DCC worth nothing if it is not capable of deciding on this.

I am not surprised, take a look what is still happening at Bahrija and all around the country.

Sarah Camilleri

Jan 19th 2010, 15:46

I strongly suggest that all building and demolition works should be put on hold in Sliema - our town is over-populated and the roads are too narrow to cope with further traffic in and out of Sliema.

Realistically, there are only four main ways of entering Sliema: that is, driving in through the Sliema front (towards St Julians or Msida), driving through Manuel Dimech Street or through the network of narrow roads near the Sliema Primary School. All these roads are narrow and cannot cope with further congestion.

It's bad enough that High Street Sliema is often blocked by coaches serving the new Palace hotel - blocking the Tlett Sigriet area during and after building-works will just serve to intensify the grid-lock.