Construction magnate Charles Polidano has submitted a detailed statement to the planning authority on how he intends to restore a large area in Ħal Farruġ where hundreds of tons of machinery and rubble have been dumped illegally over the years.
The site, behind Polidano Brothers’ headquarters, had been sealed off last year by Mepa after being turned into an illegal storage depot and scrapyard.
The company has now submitted a restoration method statement on upgrading and embellishing it and is waiting for the go-ahead to start the work, Mr Polidano’s lawyer told Times of Malta.
The move follows last month’s Mepa raid on another tract of land spanning 64,000 square metres owned by the Polidanos.
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