Ghadira Road

Times of Malta, 29 November 2008, by Cynthia Busuttil Two car parks will be built on either end of the popular Għadira bay if the government goes ahead with its plan to replace the existing road, The Times has learned. The Transport Ministry said plans have not yet been finalised but the car parks will “almost certainly” not be underground. One car park...

Din l-Art Helwa Press Release – 28 November 2008 The Ministry for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications has stated that it intends to build a new road at Ghadira Bay in order to prevent further erosion of the natural beach. It has been reported in the media that Minister Austin Gatt has admitted that...

Maltatoday, 17 February 2010, by James Debono Any possible benefits which could arise from removal of the existing Ghadira road are “more than nullified” by negative impacts on the natural heritage, a report by MEPA’s Natural Heritage Panel (NHAC) says. The claim that re-routing the road would lead to the regeneration of the sand dunes still needs to be subjected to further...

Times of Malta 23 January 2010, by Kurt Sansone – The controversial Għadira road project may have been temporarily shelved but the environmental studies on the government’s four applications are expected to continue. The Malta Environment and Planning Authroity is preparing the guidelines for the environment impact assessment on the proposed re-routing or upgrading of the existing road and is asking the public to...

Times of Malta, 31st October 2009, by Kurt Sansone The controversial plan to build a road in Għadira has been shelved for now and the EU funds earmarked for the project will be redirected towards the construction of a new junction at Kappara, the Transport Minister said yesterday. Austin Gatt complained about the planning authority’s procrastination in issuing the terms of reference...

Press Release 14 October 2009  Environmental NGOs Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar, Nature Trust Malta, Ramblers Association of Malta, Din l-Art Helwa, Friends of the Earth Malta, GAIA Foundation, and BirdLife Malta will be lodging a formal complaint to the EU, if MEPA fails to refuse the proposed TEN-T Ghadira road project. The Ten-T Ghadira road project is being proposed by the ADT based on the...

Times of Malta, 17 February 2009 The government has no intention of breaking the law on the proposed Għadira road, an application for which is being finalised by the Malta Transport Authority, the transport ministry said yesterday. The ministry was replying to a statement issued by Labour MEP Louis Grech, whom it accused of wrongly concluding that the European Commission was in...

Times of Malta, 2nd December 2008 BirdLife and Din l-Art Ħelwa insisted yesterday that contrary to claims by the Transport Minister, the proposed Għadira road will cut through Mellieha’s Foresta 2000 site. Birdlife director Tolga Temuge said Minister Austin Gatt’s statements show that his understanding of the area is that it simply involves tree planting whereas in actual fact it is a...