The Front Harsien ODZ is calling for the Labour-controlled Sannat local council to formally object to Mepa over the proposed building of 15 villas at Ta’ Ċenċ in Gozo

Front chairman Michael Briguglio said the project would harm the ecology and social and natural characteristics of the locality.

The call was made during a meeting with the local councils section of the Labour Party.

It was the second such meeting after one with Alternattiva. The Front will meet the PN next week.

Mr Briguglio welcomed a recent statement by Marsascala local council against the proposed agro-tourism project on the Munxar promontory, saying, however, that he had expected the same opposition to the Zonqor development, which went against the guidelines in the SPED, drafted by the government itself. (SPED replaced the Structure Plan)

He said the PL local councils section should insist that other possible sites for the University should be considered instead of Zonqor, thus putting into practice the SPED guidelines that use of land outside development zones should only be a last resort.

Mario Fava, head of the PL Local Councils section, welcomed the debate over the issues. He said the section recognised the need for balance between the environment and the economy and expressed concern that the infrastructural limitations of localities were not considered when major projects were put forward.