MEPA to decide Friday on substation for Armier 'boathouses'

j brincat

Jan 5th, 08:22

Should this 'request' have arrived before MEPA in the first place?

Why - to legalising illegality?



(jb)

Carmel Ellul

Jan 4th, 22:23

Boats do not run on 240Volts 50Hz.
Boat houses are houses for boats.
Therefore no 240V 50Hz supply is required.
Switch off the present supply .

Charles Micallef

Jan 4th, 22:04

If this is decided in favour, it will be the biggest travesty of justice by Mepa for a long time and alsoi it will also be aiding and abetting the explotation of public land!

Joe Grech

Jan 4th, 21:29

MEPA - or rather this administration which in the end is responsible - should knock down every single one of the illegally built 'boathouses'. They are not boathouses but summer residences built by people illegally on public land.
The Prime Minister and Cabinet should put national interests first and foremost - not political expediency. And as for the Opposition - it should INSIST that this is done.

Carmel Lino Vella Clark

Jan 4th, 20:28

MEPA not only MUST refuse Enemalta application to built a more powerful substation, but should order the removal of all illegal boathouses and other illegal constructions which were built on public land. If MEPA sanction this request, then I will be the first to go and built a dwelling for myself since it seems that public land is up for grab for FREE!!!
Lino Vella Clark, Msida.

Paul Camilleri

Jan 4th, 18:57

Boathouses at Armier are occupying government owned land, illegaly and to make matters worse, years ago, Enemalta and Water Services Corporation had provided these illegal structures with water and electricity supply. Nowadays, before providing such services, the respective Corporations request a compliance certificate and MEPA building permits in the first instance, otherwise no supply is granted. If MEPA grants permission to build such substation, it would be sanctioning an illegality, thus adopting a two weights and two measures policy with law abiding citizens and illegal boathouse owners

Peter Murray

Jan 4th, 18:47

Nothing to decide really if accountability ,sensibiility and reasoning are considerations but ,upon reflection and after much experience, it will probably be approved .How about MEPA determining and establishing a true definition of a boathouse whilst we are at it-along with a penthouse -to completely eschew probity and bring laughter back into our lives?

Joe Vella

Jan 4th, 15:56

My take is that Mr Galdes will vote for refusal, so that the PL can make a political game out of it. Doing so it will not be Joseph, cause then the squatters at Armies will be upset with him. He will let others in the Party and the PL media to do the dirty work. Joseph and the Pl should be reminded that the boat houses at Armier where build during the PL administration, and electricity was provided to them by PL administrations. One should wonder why?

city busuttil

Jan 4th, 15:49

Is it legal to squat or not? If not, Enemalta, a government entity, would be aiding and abetting law-breakers. Simples. I just hope I would get the same soft treatment when it's my turn.

Ms.D. Galea

Jan 4th, 15:47

Why should the squatters village built on public land be sanctioned when sanctioning is denied to regular appartments that were built immediately before the MEPA took over, because they form an integral part of several whole blocks that were built by the original developer more then two decades ago with some internal unauthorized changes (that are impossible to rectify now)?

Present owners of such appartments have found to their horror that their investment is has now been rendered worthless because banks nowadays refuse to give out loans to prospective buyers of such appartments since it is physically and financially next to impossible to comply with recently enacted building regulations.

Owners of such properties ARE VOTERS TOO Messers politicians from BOTH political parties.

J Stafrace

Jan 4th, 15:30

Unbelievable - spending public money to provide electricity to persons occupying land illegally. Simply unbelievable, but on the other hand one expects anything from MEPA.

R ferriggi

Jan 4th, 15:15

i do not have a problem if the boathouses are removed, as long as all illegal structures are removed.

we cannot be strong with the weak and weak with the strong.

James Tyrrell

Jan 4th, 14:27

Unless Malta has suddenly become a third world country there is no decision to be made here. This land is being occupied illegally so how can any Government authority sanction support for that illegality by authorising the construction of a substation to supply them with electricity? This must not be allowed to happen and if it does it should be fought at EU level. Once the decision has been taken not to allow this substation to be built the people occupying the site should be given 3 months to get their stuff removed and then the bulldozers should move in and flatten it.

Pamela Hansen

Jan 4th, 13:35

This country is going to the dogs. Mepa should not even have considered this application.
If it concedes to the demand it will be making illegality legal. http://pamelahansen.blogspot .com

Jay Oatmon

Jan 4th, 13:23

No power to the squatters - clear them all out to make Armier a scenic place for all the public - it is that simple.
The PN needs to do this before the next election - which it will probably lose because of the judicial fiasco's and courts sentencing failures, many scandals MEPA, ADT, VAT etc.

M Vella***

Jan 4th, 13:01

' Enemalta to set up an electricity substation serving the 'squatters' village' in Armier.'LOL Have we become a worse state than Zimbabwe,Haqqkon Gieh iz-Zarbuna.What is wrong with this country ?

joe briffa

Jan 4th, 12:52

There is nothing to decide to be honest ....simply REMOVE,nobody or everybody has the right to occupy land with permits,and those in Mellieha too,and all those along our coastline,inlcuding all construction in the country side (or whats left of it) REMOVE THE MESS

Joe Scerri

Jan 4th, 12:48

It all boils down to votes at the end of the day. 800 beach rooms. 800 families. A couple of thousand votes. It's simple really.

M Farrugia

Jan 4th, 12:48

What is the labour party opinion about this? Is Rodrick galdes going to vote against this substation as he usually do in most of the cases. We will be pleased to learn whether the L.P. ingovenment will demolish these illegal buildings or else normalise them as a previous L.P. administrations did in the past. Hope to receive an answer now and not before the election.