Fredrick Azzopardi was charged in court last Tuesday, accused of breaking environment protection laws during his time as Infrastructure Malta CEO. It was the fall from grace of a former government official who often hogged the headlines for running roughshod over residents’ and NGOs’ concerns. The CEO, a key driving force behind minister Ian Borg, was instrumental in setting up the agency in 2018. Azzopardi has now moved on to the private sector. His legacy at Infrastructure Malta includes flagship projects like the Marsa junction and countless kilometres of new roads, but also shadeless stretches where mature trees once grew, and shadows of what was once agricultural land. Times of Malta looks back at some of the controversy that accompanied Azzopardi’s bumpy road. Azzopardi’s name is indelibly connected with the Central Link Project. The Central Link Project Azzopardi’s name is indelibly connected with the Central Link Project, which he had described as “the most beneficial infrastructural solution from different environmental, social and economic perspectives”. Azzopardi’s Infrastructure Malta launched a costly PR campaign to promote the project, including claims that doing...