Mepa this afternoon gave the expected go-ahead for the development of an enterprise park for small and medium sized enterprises in Burmarad, at the bottom of T'Alla w Ommu hill.

The park is one of three projected by the government. One of their purposes is to encourage workshops (such as mechanics and carpenter shops) to move out of village cores, where they often cause disturbance to neighbours. The other parks are being built near Zabbar and in Gozo.

The Burmarrad site will include warehouses and basement parking. Buildings will be in four clusters with up to 150 units in all.

The site had been identified and approved in the SME site selection exercise.