Polidano resumes illegal development

Construction magnate Charles Polidano has resumed an illegal development at his Ħal Farruġ headquarters in recent days, six months after the police were asked to take action over environmental abuse. Work started again a few days before the election and continued in the past days, in the face of several enforcement notices and direct action in September when the area was sealed off. The Malta Environment and Planning Authority then had also asked the police to initiate criminal action against Polidano Brothers Ltd, which is owned by Charles, iċ-Ċaqnu, and his brother Paul, after they had ignored repeated warnings from the authority. A spokesman for the authority said enforcement officers had gone to the site to stop works on two occasions and warned that the authority “reserves the right to take any further legal action against the site owner”. However, this is practically a repetition of what happened in September. The police yesterday failed to say whether charges had been issued on the basis of Mepa’s request. Attempts to contact Charles Polidano were unsuccessful, while his brother Paul said they had only “cleaned” the site. When it was pointed out to him that photographic...