Sliema residents say swimming zones are shrinking

Sliema residents swimming at Tigné have been flooding the local council with complaints, claiming the size of the swimming zone there has been reduced drastically. According to a spokesman for Transport Malta, the swimming zone's size has not decreased. In light of the complaints, however, the authority would be "verifying that all zones were implemented according to the coordinates laid down in the agreement", he said. Yet despite complaints streaming in daily, the council cannot do much to refute the claims by the transport authority, an issue that has long hindered the work that can be carried out by the council, according to Sliema councillor Michael Briguglio. "There's no way to disprove what Transport Malta are saying. Swimmers complain to us on a daily basis, but there is not much we can do to verify. "This is one of many examples where the council must rely on a government authority that may be detached from the local situation," Dr Briguglio told this newspaper yesterday. A similar situation was reported at Exiles earlier this summer, with the authority informing the council the issue would be addressed and the zone would be extended once again, the councillor...

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