Wall about to fall (2)
While thanking the relevant authorities for finally introducing the light-controlled zebra crossing at Xemxija Hill, I would like to appeal for immediate action to be taken to prevent an accident waiting to happen on the dilapidated and dangerous garden wall situated on this hill.
This wall is about to come crashing down onto someunsuspecting motorist during inclement weather. The owner of the adjacent plot, which was also in a dangerous condition, has already taken action and secured the site by removing the soil from behind his part of the wall.
It is such a great shame that Xemxija Hill, which was once the pride and joy of the residents living in the area, has now been allowed to fall into such a state of dereliction by speculators who are waiting for a return to the boom days of the property market to remove these eyesores.
Pride does not seem to be a word in the vocabulary of the owners/speculators of these properties.
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Pippo De Marco
Aug 4th 2012, 19:28
Some people get jumped-on for putting their rubbish out too early, while others leave their property to fall into a dangerous state and the authorities look the other way.
Some people have their simple washroom plans rejected, while others are allowed to build high-rise monstrosities in inappropriate places.
Welcome to Malta, the land of Two weights and two measures .
Rosalie Freestone Bayes
Aug 4th 2012, 14:22
This ,of course,is the owner's responsibility. However ,in view of the dangerous state of the wall (and only to avoid some terrible human tragedy), the local council should be able to use compulsory measures of re -building the wall,and then bill the owner/s. One cannot risk precious lives because of apathy either.
Francis Sammut
Aug 4th 2012, 13:24
For crying out loud, everybody, including the authorities concerned can see this state of affairs. Why, oh why these things need to be brought to their attention, time and again in order to finally some action be taken? Somebody, somewhere up there, is not doing his/her duty and shouldering his/her responsibilities. In other EU countries there are bodies of workers on the ready to see to these things. If one say, passes a piece of tyre or tree-branch on the road when you pass a second time after say half an hour or so, you'll find it gone, picked-up by these men. We cannot go on like this. I think we need to wake up from this slumber!
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