A parliamentary question on traffic management and urban air quality in Sliema and Gzira has been tabled in the European Parliament by the European Greens.

This was announced during an Alternattiva Demokratika news conference this morning, attended by the general secretary of the European Green Party, Juan Behrend.

AD chairman and MEP candidate Arnold Cassola said the question referred to the degree of unsustainable development in Sliema and Gzira, with particular reference to impact on air quality.

It asked the European Commission to verify whether the Malta Environment and Planning Authority would still authorise further urban development in these already overdeveloped towns in breach of directives.

The Commission was asked to verify whether the Malta Transport Authority, responsible for road networks and traffic management, was carrying its obligations adequately to provide effective urban traffic management and effective control against excessive motor vehicles noxious emissions, to safeguard legitimate rights of the residents’ of Sliema and Gzira to ambient air quality in accordance with EU directives.