Marsascala Residents Network to launch campaign on the risks of new Transport Malta ferry-moor project

The Marsascala Residents Network are launching a new campaign to raise awareness about the potential environmental dangers of a new Transport Malta project to construct a ferry-moor in Marsascala. The plans have so far been secretive and residents are concerned about the potential infrastructural effects on the towns’ natural coast and natural ecosystem.

ADPD – The Green Party has also raised concerns about the project. ADPD highlighted that no assessments have been published about the project and added that the concerns of residents that include pollution and noise should also be considered.

Transport Malta has already begun implementing its construction plans for the ferry-moor project and the project is being supported by the town’s mayor. The Local Council is yet to make a public statement about the project.

Marsascala is one of Malta’s last towns which is still surrounded by both natural green areas and a pristine coast but overdevelopment and a lack of planning has ruined much of town’s public spaces and natural areas across the last few years. Marsascala also hosts an inland wetland area which is a protected Natura 2000 Site just a couple of hundred of metres where a moor is being built.

You can follow their campaign on their Facebook page here. The full press release is published below.

Between the deafening silence of Infrastructure Malta, ignoring repeated requests for information, a Transport Minister who avoids meaningful engagement with residents, and a Mayor who has publicly aligned himself in favour of introducing a fast ferry in Marsascala, Marsascala Residents Network is launching an information campaign: MARSASKALA: Nindukrawh, Għalina, Għal min ġej warajna

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