Fort San Leonardo, located on the stretch of coast near the controversial proposed university in the south, will be restored as part of plans for an adjacent nature park – but at taxpayers’ expense, a government spokesman has confirmed.

Sadeen Group, the investors behind the American University of Malta, have expressed “a willingness” to contribute to the park as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility, but there is no concrete financial commitment.

Meanwhile, the precise location of the new university project, planned over 91,000 square metres, and the adjacent nature park is today being revealed by The Sunday Times of Malta.

The site earmarked for the university site, which is equivalent in size to around 12 football pitches, would be next to the old Marsascala waterpolo pitch and metres away from residential housing.

Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.

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