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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 18 JULY 2021
NEWS
JAMES DEBONO
A proposed extension to the
PAMA shopping complex in
Mosta for a new mall on dis-
turbed land outside devel-
opment boundaries, will be
downscaled.
A new access to the shopping
complex will be added because
the present entrance from Pan-
tar road poses a safety risk.
Transport Malta has ordered
the relocation of access due to
"a serious risk to vehicles", and
now PAMA is proposing an en-
trance further up the road for
better visibility for vehicles.
The entrance will pass
through the ODZ site where
the new, two-storey mall is
being proposed. Originally the
area was identified for a large,
7,600sq.m underground mall
topped by a roofed garden. The
project was objected to by the
Environment and Resources
Authority and now substantial-
ly downscaled.
PAMA will limit above-
ground development to foot-
print of a disused marble facto-
ry, with underground parking
and storage levels limited to
the yard of the building. A tun-
nel will link the shopping mall
to the supermarket. The rest of
the site will be retained as agri-
cultural land.
The ERA is still objecting to
the uptake of ODZ land, saying
the proposal is still of "envi-
ronmental concern" and that
development should stay inside
the area containment as ap-
proved back in 2014.
PAMA downscales shopping mall plans
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A new access to the shopping complex
has been proposed since present
access poses a 'serious risk' to
vehicles entering the area
New access to the
shopping complex
will be added
because the
present entrance
from Pantar road
poses a safety risk
