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Adi Associates has recently finalised Malta’s new diving strategy – Developing A Sustainable Diving Industry in the Maltese Islands: A Strategy for the Future, 2022
Client: Josons Construction Co Ltd, Josmar Ltd, and Mario Scicluna Ltd
Start / Finish Dates: September 2007 – December 2007
The project comprised a complex of 148 units for manufacturing, vehicle repairs and warehousing use, together with 450 car parking spaces. The site covered 3.95 hectares of land at the mouth of Wied il-Ghasel, surrounded by quarries and associated industrial facilities but with features of cultural heritage significance also located nearby.
The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) addressed potential impacts in relation to: geo-environment, agriculture, cultural heritage, air quality, landscape and visual amenity, and noise and vibration. The potential key impacts arising from the project were identified as:
- loss of an aquifer recharge area; and
- loss of agricultural land.
Mitigation measures were recommended as a result of the assessment, including a number of measures which were incorporated into the design of the project.
Development permission was granted for the project in November 2008.
Keywords: Environmental Impact Assessment, Micro-enterprise Park