Sunday, 21st February 2010
Tigné's concrete jungle
The processing of applications for the building of further blocks at Tigné must be stopped immediately to avoid further cramming.
Foreign and local residents are alarmed at the lack of adherence to what was initially spelled out.
Building further blocks will have a disastrous effect. The Sliema council and residents' association need to follow Mepa's processing of these applications.
Mepa needs guidelines on Tigné, if not a clear-cut policy, which would be more than welcome by the people.
For example, let us preserve the most open sea views from a public square. It seems that the allowable proportion of built-up area to open spaces has already been reached in Tigné, which was always meant to be the lung of overbuilt Sliema.
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These clusters of concrete boxes will look tatty, old and very second rate in 10 years time, by which time the ravages of the sea and the NE wind, together with our notorious lack of maintenance, will have taken their distinct toll. But would I be overly cycnical if I suggest that the developers will not really care what this place will look like 10 years down the track?
You think th's is is bad? Just wait til you see Fort Cambridge, the solid twenty+ wall of flats is so much worse that even the sales people confide their doubts. The MIdi flats, they are so dark, even the ones on the front, mur ara the back ones. And even worse the Fort Cambridge, planned for midgets so that they fit 24 floors into 18 or something like that.
Just think and rejoice Sliema residents, more planned at Townsquare, Piazzetta, and now even Villa Bonici.
MEPA, DO YOU HAVE EYES IN YOUR HEAD?
And what made you assume that I haven`t, India? I don`t even care to mention. Brazil? Seven times, if I remember fightly, there you have a point. South Africa? I could have settled there in the middle sixties but for Apartheid, it was the white man that put these people in rabbit hatches. Had you been to Lourenco Marques (Mozambique) to see how the Portuguese treated the blacks as non-human, what else would you expect. Same applies to India, the British took all what was needed, especially iron ore and gave nothing back, but believe you me Joseph, India is changing fast.
Surely Laurence has not seen the slums in India Brazil and South Africa,only ours are concrete,and yes I been there rabbit hutches
Not at all like what their computer generated promos showed - graduated apartments, not to high to begin with, gently sloping to the sea, reminiscent of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon!
This looks like Bugibba on steroids.
Have you been there lately? It fares better than this I can assure you.
I wouldn't like to spoil your day , but worst than the building of MORE blocks is the request of the Developers who are asking for a MAKEOVER to their practically finished . long overdue MEGA PROJECT ! Strangly these blocks gain height towards the peninsula end , where logic(oops) demands contrary . Their PLEA is based on the extended hight limit granted to recent projects in this already saturated Area .
There was also the risk that the SLIEMA W.F.C. Training Grounds and Club House be built up too ! Its about time Sliema FC get back this facility (most likely the only open space), as they have been waiting too long . What a shame .
This , if given MEPA approval will result in more storeys added to their blocks. Addio Environment Impact Assessments and Planning Regulations .