The St Paul's Bay local council will receive the biggest share of funds allocated by the ministry receiving €1,684,906 for 2017, Minister for Local Governance Owen Bonnici revealed when answering a parliamentary question tabled by Opposition MP Robert Cutajar.
The total overall allocated budget for 2017 is €35.5 million
There has been a steady, but not particularly substantial increase in the overall budget, with local councils receiving €32 million in 2015, €33 million in 2016, distributed over 68 localities throughout Malta and Gozo.
This is a minute increase for a majority of the islands' localities.
The St Paul's Bay local council has steadily received the largest amount of funds since 2015, and there could be a number of reason for this, with the council representing four different localities including St Paul's Bay, Qawra, Bugibba, and Xemxija.
It could also be said that the areas also contain a large amount of social housing.
Other localities who pass the one million mark in funds are; Birkirkara (€1,283,056), Mosta (€1,185,524), Sliema (€1,110,593), Mellieha (€1,084,638), Qormi (€1,094,715), Rabat (Malta) (€1,051,473).
Naxxar receives just under the mark with €958,003 in 2017.
Minister Owen Bonnici gave these figures when answering a parliamentary question tabled by Opposition MP Robert Cutajar.
There are 23 more localities in Malta that get more funds than Gozo's highest district , Rabat which received €536,666.
The sister island also has the local councils who receive the least amount funds from the ministry with Fontana (€144,326), San Lawrenz (€162,967), and Ghasri (€170,477), the only three areas to receive under €200,000.
The localities that receive under €300,000 are; Mdina, Balzan, Gudja , Gharb , Gharghur, Iklin, Kalkara, Kercem, Kirkop, Lija, Imqabba, Munxar, Pieta, Qala, Safi, Sannat, Ta' Xbiex , Xghajra, and Mtarfa
It appears that the areas which surround Sliema such as commercial hub St Julian's (€767,739), Swieqi (€655,932) Msida (€569,269), Gzira (€530,376), and Ta Xbiex (€220,852) that have experienced an exceptional amount of development over the last decade, do not receive enough funds in spite of their high population density and the amount of tourists they host including five star hotels.
Residents may feel somewhat justified in the perception that the localities are not provided with enough resources to manage the demand that exist.
This a sentiment that appears across a multitude of local councils, who feel that infrastructure costs, on top of other expenses which include cultural activities, mean that local councillors are often restricted by a lack of resources to adequately respond to the many complaints they receive every day.
To put things into perspective, the newsroom has previously been informed that the cost to repair a street which will ensure long term quality can cost upward of €1 million.
The full list of localities is in pdf
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