Sliema residents regret the lack of public consultation on Midi’s Tigné north project, recently approved by the planning authority, their association has said.

Even those who passed by the sign would not have noticed it . . . what a joke- residents’ association

The Sliema Residents Association said it was “anomalous and shameful” that the project extension was announced on an A4 page displayed on a wall about 300 metres away from the site.

Tigné Point moved a step closer to completion earlier this month when the planning authority gave the green light to the development of substantial elements of the north project.

A full development permit for 103 apartments in two blocks and a separate 16,000 square-metre business centre will consolidate Tigné Point’s vision as a holistic mixed-use development.

The association said the Malta Environment and Planning Authority’s A4 fine print site notice announcing the public consultation was dwarfed and lost among much bigger billboards advertising apartment sales and contracting firms.

No images were included in the notice and no information was sent to those affected by the development, it added.

“This A4 Mepa public consultation notice was placed where it was least relevant: those arriving by car or through the main entrance over the footbridge never saw the sign. Even those who passed by the sign would not have noticed it. What a joke...,” it said.

“While adverts for Midi are placed on large billboards visible by all, this public consultation notice was in a secluded corner for no one to see. This makes a mockery of the purpose to attract people’s attention to public consultation,” the association insisted.

The association said it was considering seeking the help of MEPs to raise the issue of meaningful consultation with the EU Commission.