Floriana local council said today that it had been promised that the AFM's huge concrete facility at Haywharf would be clad in slabs having the same colour as the bastions, but that promise had not been kept.
In a statement about how the structure has marred the bastions, the council referred to comments by Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela that the area had been beautified after having boasted derelict buildings before.
The council said the facility had marred the majestic bastions behind it and it regretted that its pleas for corrective action were ignored despite meetings with Mr Abela and former minister Manuel Mallia.