The St Julian's Residents Association is sorely disappointed with the planning authority's approval of the application for a car park, supermarket, shops and residences in St Julian's saying the residential and commercial units will only serve to increase the traffic problems faced by residents.
It said in a statement that the project started off as the building of a car park to alleviate the parking problem in the area and in the words of the authority's own deputy chairman Franco Montesin it would not alleviate the traffic problem in the area as the building of shops and a supermarket would generate more traffic.
"Mega projects such as these only serve to make St Julian's unbearable to live in. All the more so when they are built on the side of valley.
"Moreover, some objectors to the project did not receive notification from MEPA regarding the hearing, which means they were not able to express their objection at the public hearing," the association said.