As reported by the Times of Malta, Michael Falzon is insisting
that land reclamation is still on the government's cards
despite reneging on a promise to hold an exhibition of received
proposals. Last year, the government received 21 proposals for land
reclamation projects after it issued a call for expressions of
interest that closed in December. An exhibition with the project
proposals that had to be held in January never materialised.
But the Planning Parliamentary Secretary yesterday insisted the
government had not abandoned the idea and was working to draw up a
shortlist of the interested parties. "We are at the stage of
identifying in a more concrete way those projects that at first
glance are doable and feasible," Dr Falzon said. Acknowledging
the controversial nature of land reclamation on the scale the
government is considering, he said last year's request for
expressions of interest was only the first in many steps that
included detailed studies.
