Concrete Structures: Dwejra a year afterwards March 2009

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Dwejra a year afterwards March 2009

11th March 2009 AD One year on marked by complete inaction On the anniversary of MEPAs enforcement to stop further construction of a 2-storey concrete building in Dwejra, Gozo, Alternattiva Demokratika celebrated symbolically this first anniversary of shame when the Partys two European Parliament candidates and members of the Gozo Regional Council visited this site. Yvonne Ebejer Arqueros, ADs candidate in the forthcoming elections for the European Parliament remarked: It is truly shameful that the Prime Minister, responsible for the environment and its impact on the tourist sector, failed to take action to safeguard this unique site in the Maltese islands. On the pretext that the Authorities are investigating irregularities concerning its approved plan, he permits such a scandal to remain stark naked a year later to all the thousands of visitors in guided tours to the Inland Sea. The Partys General Secretary and spokesperson for Gozo affairs, Victor Galea, said: For one whole year a number of environmental organizations have been appealing to the Prime Minister to settle various issues regarding this officially heralded Heritage Park, intended to be the first of its kind for Gozo. This project stuttered from its very beginning when MEPA took over one and a half years to sanction the Dwejra Action Plan. In March 2007 European Union funds for this project were no longer available. Since then no steps were taken for the continued protection of this site; consequently, we ...