NGOs welcome 'probable rejection' of Ta' Cenc project
Publisehd on The Times of Malta on Friday 16th November, 2007.
Five environmental lobby groups have welcomed the news that rejection of the controversial Ta' Cenc development project is highly probable as indicated by a report from Mepa's planning directorate seen by the Sunday Times.
Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth, the Ramblers Association, Nature Trust and Save Wied Garnaw Action Group said the directorate's recommendation was made because, if a permit is granted, the authority would subsequently meet difficulties in resisting similar proposals which would endanger Gozo's rural character.
This is wise advice which applies also to Gozo's other mega-projects, since it is known that the headlands of both Ramla l-Hamra and Hondoq ir-Rummien have already been eyed for eventual development by speculators, the NGOs added.
They expressed the hope that the Mepa board, due to take the final decision in six weeks' time, will bury once and for all the development, the original application for which was filed in 1996.
Five environmental lobby groups have welcomed the news that rejection of the controversial Ta' Cenc development project is highly probable as indicated by a report from Mepa's planning directorate seen by the Sunday Times.
Flimkien Ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Friends of the Earth, the Ramblers Association, Nature Trust and Save Wied Garnaw Action Group said the directorate's recommendation was made because, if a permit is granted, the authority would subsequently meet difficulties in resisting similar proposals which would endanger Gozo's rural character.
This is wise advice which applies also to Gozo's other mega-projects, since it is known that the headlands of both Ramla l-Hamra and Hondoq ir-Rummien have already been eyed for eventual development by speculators, the NGOs added.
They expressed the hope that the Mepa board, due to take the final decision in six weeks' time, will bury once and for all the development, the original application for which was filed in 1996.
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