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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 12 JUNE 2019 Lease tale quale in its present state including any latent defects of a Shop at Nos. 3 and 4, off Ghajn Kajjiet, Triq Bir ir-Riebu, Rabat Malta shown edged in red and marked Nos. 3 and 4 on plan P.D. 142_80_4A. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for the amount of €9,000 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of three thousand Euros (€3,000) per annum will not be considered. The fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of the tender document. www.landsauthority.org.mt/services/tendering Lands Authority St. Sebastian Street, Valletta Lands Authority, notifies that: Sealed tenders in respect of the following advertisements have to be dropped in the Tender Box at the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta by 10.00 am on Thursday, 20th June, 2019. *Advert No.103 L320/1974/3 *Advert No. 104 L 770/1972 Lease tale quale for commercial purposes in its present state including any latent defects of the Premises at No. 13 Triq il-Vittmi tal-Polverista, Birgu shown edged in red on plan P.D. 2015_0846. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €37,500 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of twelve thousand five hundred Euros (€12,500) per annum will not be considered. The fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of the tender document. *Advert No. 105 L 67/2019 Sale of a site at Triq l-Imdina, Qormi, shown edged in red on plan P.D. 2019_0066. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for the amount of €12,180 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of two hundred and nine thousand Euro (€209,000) will not be considered. A fee of €100 will be charged for each copy of tender document. *Advert No. 107 L 186/2006/1 Sale of a site off Triq l-Għejun, Xagħra, Gozo, shown edged in red on plan P.D. 2013_477. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for the amount of €1,567 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of fifteen thousand six hundred and sixty-five Euro (€15,665) will not be considered. A fee of €10 will be charged for each copy of tender document. *Adverts appearing for the first time. Tenders should be submitted only on the prescribed form, together with the relevant conditions and other documents, that are obtainable from the Lands Authority, Auberge de Baviere, Valletta on any working day between 8:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Tender fees are non-refundable *Advert No. 106 L 88/1991 Lease tale quale in its present state including any latent defects of the premises at No. 124, Flat No. 1 at first floor level, Triq San Kristofru Valletta, shown edged in red on plan P.D. 2018_0408. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €9,000 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of three thousand Euros (€3,000) per annum will not be considered. A fee of €50 will be charged for each copy of the tender document. *Advert No. 108 L 848/2017 Sale of a site in Triq Dawret it-Torri, corner with Triq in-Narċis, Santa Lucija, shown edged in red on plan P.D. 11_82_135. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €1,000 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of five thousand eight hundred and ninety-five Euros (€5,895) will not be considered. A fee of €10 will be charged for each copy of the tender document. ISSUE OF TENDERS *Advert No. 109 L 63/2015 Grant on a temporary emphyteusis for a period of forty-five (45) years of a site in Triq Hal Millieri, Żurrieq shown edged in red and marked A on plan P.D. 2015_0293_B. This site is to be used exclusively as a side garden and/or a car port. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €1,518 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of five hundred and six Euros (€506) per annum will not be considered. The fee of €10 will be charged for each copy of tender document. *Advert No. 110 L63/2015/1 Grant on a temporary emphyteusis for a period of forty-five (45) years of a site in Triq Serafin M. Zarb, Zurrieq, shown edged in red and marked B on plan P.D. 2015_0293_B. This site is to be used exclusively as a side garden and/or a car port. Tenders are to be accompanied by a Bid-Bond for an amount of €1,614 as stipulated in the tender conditions. Offers below the amount of five hundred and thirty-eight Euros (€538) per annum will not be considered. The fee of €10 will be charged for each copy of tender document. YANNICK PACE DIN l-Art Helwa has objected has filed an objection to a devel- opment permit application for a 45-metre Ferris wheel being pro- posed in Floriana, the NGO said in a statement. It said that the wheel "has been found totally unacceptable", with an objection having been filed on the grounds that the structure would "mar the historic approach- es to Valletta and Floriana, and create a serious visual intrusion on the skylines of Valletta from both the Three Cities and from Sliema". The Ferris wheel, described as an "observatory structure" in an ap- plication to the Planning Author- ity, is set to include 36 capsules which will each hold six persons. The base of the structure will be 30 metres long, with the wheel ris- ing up to a height equivalent to an 11-storey building. This would make the structure one of the highest in Valletta – 10 metres lower than the Barrakka lift. Other structures which rise higher than the proposed wheel are the Our Lady of Mount Car- mel Church (73m) and the St Paul's Pro-Cathedral (63m). Speaking to MaltaToday last year, the entrepreneur behind the project said the location had been selected because it "ticks all the boxes for a successful and iconic attraction". Din l-Art Helwa said the wheel would result in the complete "obliteration of the Floriana/ Valletta boundary, since it rides astride the highest point between the two towns and will consume public open space to allow for a private commercial proposition". "The sizeable structure will also dwarf St Publius Parish Church, a Grade 1 scheduled landmark building, the unique Grade 1 scheduled Granaries, and the Grade 1 Mall Gardens, which all lie close to the proposed observa- tion wheel," the NGO said. Referring to the "Grand Harbour Local Plan policies which relate to Building Heights in Floriana", the NGO said it was objecting on the grounds that "no development will be permitted which detracts from views of and from UCAs". It said the objection also makes reference to the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Develop- ment (SPED) which requires that "no development within historic sites should be permitted unless it ensures that the historic site's sky- line is not adversely affected". "The proposed application for a private business proposition in- tends to capitalise on the views of Valletta's World Heritage walls and its harbours; it departs heavily from permitted policies, lacks sensitivity to the historic character of Valletta and Floriana, and should be dis- missed," Din l-Art Helwa said. Ferris wheel will ruin Valletta skyline, Din l-Art Helwa claims

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