Government investing €300,000 in horse shelters
The government is investing €300,000 in horse shelters in Valletta, Sliema and St Julian's. A tender was published some days ago and work on the wood and metal shelters will start soon after the process is completed. There will also be waterpoints in...
The government is investing €300,000 in horse shelters in Valletta, Sliema and St Julian's.
A tender was published some days ago and work on the wood and metal shelters will start soon after the process is completed. There will also be waterpoints in Mdina, Qawra and St Paul's Bay.
The shelters will vary in size according to their location.
The project is being carried out by the Rural Affairs Ministry in collaboration with Transport Malta.
A month ago, copies of a petition signed by close to 8,000 people and calling for airy shelters, water points and drains to protect karrozzini horses from the summer temperatures, was presented to MPs outside Parliament.
In February, Transport Malta issued draft regulations for horse-drawn carriages that oblige operators to maintain and clean any shelters installed to provide shade for the horses.
Soon afterwards, it held a meeting with horse-drawn cab operators, but the two failed to reach an agreement on the financing of shelters. While the two sides agreed cab operators should maintain the shelters, they differed on how much money each cab operator should fork out to put up the shelters.
The government has now decided to finance the shelters itself.