The spectator stands alongside the Floriana football pitch will be transformed into an open-air car park if the planning authority approves the project on Friday.

The project by the Grand Harbour Regeneration Corporation, a government entity, is expected to level the stepped area along the Mall and transform it into a car park.

A spokesman for the Infrastructure Ministry, responsible for the Corporation, said the planned car park will cover some 5,000 square metres. She said the football ground did not form part of the project footprint.

“The development is restricted to the area where there are the stands, between the football ground and the Mall,” the spokesman said.

She said the car park surface would be in tarmac and the planning authority’s case officer report was recommending approval.

The Malta Environment and Planning Authority will decide on the project on Friday and the corporation this week issued a call for tenders for the construction of the car park.

ksansone@timesofmalta.com

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