Gżira residents have urged the government to insist on reductions to Midi’s Manoel Island mega-development, with the project on the cusp of final approval.
At the end of a heated town-hall meeting organised by new pressure group Inħobbu l-Gżira on Tuesday night, some 60 residents agreed on an open letter to be sent to the government and opposition.
The letter calls for the government to acquire the land on Manoel Island closest to the mainland, where Midi plans to build the most controversial of its proposed apartment blocks, and retain it for public enjoyment.
It also calls for height reductions to protect long-range views of Valletta from Gżira, the elimination of land-reclamation plans, and a new slipway with adequate facilities to replace the one that will be removed as part of the development.
“Speak to your MPs and to everyone you know; tell them that this project frightens us,” a group spokesman said at the end of the meeting.
The group, set up in recent weeks, has warned that the development plan would in its current form transform a large part of the Gżira promenade into an access road or bridge to Manoel Island. It has also said that views across Marsamxett Harbour…