Paceville underground car park, garden, get Mepa approval
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) Board has approved an outline development application for an underground car park with an overlying public garden in Paceville.
The underground car park, which can be accessed from the Westin Dragonara Resort, will accommodate 112 cars over two levels. A parcel of land situated along the St Goerge's Bay/Paceville promenade, which for years had served as an illegal car park and today has been left abandoned, will be transformed into a public open garden.
A three -meter buffer zone along the perimeter of the garden will be paved to enable the public to appreciate the coastal entrenchment wall.
This demi-bastion, which is scheduled as Grade 2 military wall, forms part of the extensive eighteenth century coastal wall which originally spanned all the way from St. George's Bay to St Julians Bay.
The Authority imposed a bank guarantee of €72,800 and asked the applicant to engage qualified archaeological/heritage consultants to oversee that works.
The applicant is also obliged to maintain the public garden beyond the 5 year term of a development permit and ensure that it will remain freely and fully accessible to the pubic.
The Mepa Board also approved seven planning applications for apartments with garages in the development zone area of Ta' Hal Mula limits of Zebbug.
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Saviour Sam Agius
Oct 27th 2011, 23:31
That's exactly what we need, more car parks. That way more cars will jam the roads in the area and people will spend more time stuck in their cars listening to mp3s.
I really can't get what direction this government has. On the one hand we hear about green alternatives but at the same time its policies date back to the reasoning of the last century.
carmel callus
Oct 27th 2011, 21:23
Once Sliema residents have opposed an underground car park at Qui-si-sana, this one at St Julian's should be out-of-bounds for Sliema residents!
Peter Bonnici
Oct 28th 2011, 09:57
So should the government refuse to hand out EU benefits to all die-hard Labour supporters for voting No to EU membership?
Victor Vella
Oct 27th 2011, 18:50
I believe that not only should the guarantee be witheld for at least 10 yeasr so that the owners are bound to honour the commitment but also that MEPA starts asking for guarantees from developers to safe guard the nieghbours interests.I have sufferred damage to my house and the developer does not want to pay , so now I am forced to seek legal address from the courts and only God knows when I get my damages paid for.I am ready to place the names of the Architect of the development in the marsascala bypass and that of the developers here anytime.Becasue the professionals are super protected in Malta and money talks too.
R Axisa
Oct 28th 2011, 05:58
Same thing happened to my father. The developer didn't want to pay for the damages and had to seek legal action in court, which started in January 2008, but has heard nothing since then! What a shame!
vella m
Oct 27th 2011, 17:28
So an underground car park with an overlying public garden, lets hope it will have the overlying garden not like the one in Valletta the owners left it as if there is a quarry, SHAME!