Mepa's decision to approve the interpretation centre at Dwejra is a bad one and not in keeping with current best practice around Europe. Such a landscape must be respected and where at all possible no building whatsoever allowed. Once this structure is built, sadly it will be there forever.

Have Mepa thought out all the servicing such a building will need: daily truck deliveries with bread, milk, meat and drinks and of course the dustbin truck.

Where will the rubbish be stored before collection? Is there an adequate water supply there? Where will sewage from the toilets go? Is there adequate electricity for film projection, to run a modern kitchen and provide lighting and heat? Was public safety on that very steep hill at the entrance considered?

Are the local roads capable of handling all the daily truck movements to service this venture? Will there be adequate car parking for people using the centre given that the current car park is full in summer?

Best practice in Europe is to locate interpretive centres many miles away from sensitive sites. In Ireland, our oldest monument (Newgrange) is about 5,000 years old and the interpretive centre is miles from the structure.

After the film show and a coffee or a snack, a bus will take you to the site itself.

Think of the future. Our grandchildren deserve to see Dwejra as people today first did.

Please stop, think and reconsider.