The construction of an old people's home on ODZ land at Wied Garnaw could be halted if an application filed by Flimkien għal Ambjent Aħjar to declare the site public domain is approved. The environment NGO said the request was made in submissions to the Prime Minister, the Environment Minister and the Planning Parliamentary Secretary within the ambit of the Public Domain Act. Apart from the protected valley, situated between Santa Luċija and Luqa, five other sites and three trees at Ta' Xbiex were included. The sites are Manoel Island, Ħondoq, Kalanka and Delimara, Ta' Ċenċ and the beach between Sliema and St Julian's. Earlier this month, a report was submitted to the Planning Authority stating that there was no viable location for the retirement home within the development zone. Thus, the document added, it would best be built in the protected valley. Healthmark Care Services is behind the project. Its directors, Silvio Debono, of the Seabank Group, and James Barbara, of James Caterers, were recently chastised by the National Audit Office because of the service offered by their company Healthcare Caterers at the Gozo General Hospital. The project proposed at Wied Garnaw did not...
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