Nicky Bianchi, Lija
Parking slots in Valletta
I can assure Monica Muscat (Parking In Valletta And Waning Business, March 4) that quite a number of selfish Valletta residents are already demonstrating their expertise vis-à-vis parking. Anyone attempting to park in Valletta after 7 p.m. finds practically all the white slots filled, with a frustrating abundance of vacant blue and green slots reserved for residents.
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Joe Demanuele
Mar 8th 2011, 17:11
Residents pay the same amount of road tax as do the rest of us and they have no right to be preferred over us.
QORTI CIVILI PRIM' AWLA ONOR. IMHALLEF LINO FARRUGIA SACCO
Seduta tal-31 ta' Jannar, 2007
Citazzjoni Numru. 949/2004
Maria Victoria u Joseph konjugi Borg
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Sindku u Segretarju Ezekuttiv in rapprezentanza tal-Kunsill Lokali Pieta`
.....Il-ligi dwar il-Kunsilli Lokali taghti s-setgha lill-Kunsilli li jaghmlu bye-laws a tenur tal-Att XV tal-1993. Izda dan ma jwassalx ghad-dritt ta’ trattament differenti ta’ cittadini maltin....Izda dak li ghamel il-Kunsill kien li javvantagga lir-residenti ta’ lokalita’ fuq dawk ta’ lokalita’ ohra u ma hemm ebda interess pubbliku....Minn imkien ma jirrizulta li dan l-artikolu jaghti s-setgha lil Kunsill Lokali li jiddiskrimina favur ir-residenti ta’ lokalita’....Kull min ihallas l-istess ammont ghall-licenzja huwa intitolat ghall-istess drittijiet....Il-Qorti tiddikjara li l-impozizzjoni ta’ zona riservata ghar-residenti hija ‘ultra vires’ is-setghat moghtija lill-Kunsill Lokali li jaghmel ‘bye-laws’ a tenur ta’ l-Att XV tal-1993 dwar il-Kunsilli Lokali fuq dan l-aspett, minbarra li hija mizura preferenzjali.....Enough said by the Court.
Marvin Mizzi
Mar 8th 2011, 11:47
I think that you do not actually come to Valletta because if you actually come to Valletta you find that all parking slots filled. Yes I am a Valletta residents and I am fed up of coming home and finding the Blue and White slots always filled ..... green slots are for the priveledged so we do not have our our side of the city..... and then when there are particulare events like the famous Notte Bianca or the Valletta old cars race we can even move or or in....Non residence should better be more informed before they write on the papers
S.Micallef
Mar 8th 2011, 18:23
@ Marvin Mizzi
what makes you think you are entitled to a reserved parking space? Do you pay more road tax than everyone else? I don't think so.
Also where do you park when you travel out of Valletta? In other residential areas and in front of other people's homes no doubt.
Mr. Mizzi, I have one piece of advice for you - if you want a guaranteed parking space fork out some of your own money and buy yourself a garage just like everyone else does.
Paul Borg
Mar 8th 2011, 08:39
Most Valletta residents return from work between 4.30 and 6.00pm, at which time all blue slots are still occupied. And although I agree that something more drastic is needed to provide spaces for everyone, visitors and residents alike, we will never see the light at the end of the tunnel unless the government gets rid of hundreds of small GVN runabout cars and replace them with a modern contractual system of minibuses to cater for all the departements. As a resident ,I do tend to use the white slots when there are no other available.