Another controversial fuel station in the pipeline

Plans for another new fuel station outside the development zone have drawn objections from the Environment and Resources Authority, citing the project’s “adverse environmental impact”. The application by Ħal Mann Vellsix Group seeks to demolish a small rural structure on agricultural land in Triq L-Imġarr, Mġarr, and build facilities including an auto parts shop, cafeteria, car wash, fuel pumps and garages. The site is just 1.5 kilometres away from another planned fuel station on the same road. The ERA has called the proposal “unacceptable” and said it raised “significant environmental concern in view of the scale of the proposed interventions”, which would take up undeveloped rural land for urban or commercial uses and result in “further deterioration of the landscape”. READ: PA changes its mind and approves Magħtab fuel station plans  The regulator also said that approving the development would introduce new “urban-type/commercial-type activities not considered essential or compatible with the surrounding natural area”. The proposal is now subject to an environmental impact assessment. A permit for another fuel station on Triq L-Imġarr, which will relocate an existing station...