Mepa stops Polidano works, again. Muscat - 'Illegal development will not be tolerated'

Mepa said this afternoon that it had, again, stopped illegal development works which were being carried out in Hal Farrug, adjacent to PoliGas Ltd. The illegal works, by construction magnate Charles Polidano's company, were reported in The Sunday Times last Sunday. This morning the prime minister said when questioned on the case that illegal development would not be tolerated. In its statement, Mepa said that over the past few days, its enforcement officers noticed that works had resume on a site which a few months ago had been sealed off with concrete blocks. These blocks had been removed after the developer requested permission from the Authority to remove some of the plant machinery from the site.   "The Authority warned the developer that should any illegal works resume on site the place will once again be sealed off with concrete blocks, resulting in disruptions to the operation of his other permitted development. In the coming days, the Authority will be meeting with representatives of Polidano Group to address this case and discuss other pending planning applications." The authority recalled that in September 2012, following several warnings, it requested the police to...