Paceville master plan consultants had told PA about Mercury House role

Planning Authority chairman Johann Buttigieg knew that a firm hired as lead consultants for the Paceville master plan had provided advisory services to a developer with plans to build a high-rise there, a parliamentary committee heard this evening.  UK-based Mott MacDonald had verbally informed Mr Buttigieg about their work on engineering reports for the construction of Mercury House in Paceville, with the PA chairman telling them to proceed with their master plan consultancy.  Planning Parliamentary Secretary Deborah Schembri told Parliament's House Environmental and Development Planning Committee that the government had not been told about the firm's dual roles. Nationalist Party MP Marthese Portelli said Mott MacDonald had worked on Mercury House reports before starting work on the Paceville master plan, but after it had submitted its proposal to the Planning Authority in April. Mercury House works stopped in May.  Furthermore, it emerged that the original request for expressions of interest that had been distributed to several consultants was for an integrated transport plan - despite Mott McDonald being subsequently commissioned to work on a master plan.  Dr Portelli said...

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