16 Mar 2026, Mon

Diving community, ERA object to more Xwejni salt pans

From Timesofmalta.com

The diving community in Gozo has joined the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) in strongly objecting to a proposal for the creation of new salt pans at Xwejni Bay, on the north-eastern coast of the island.

The applicant, Tereża Refalo, through her architect, Saviour Micallef, applied for a permit to create salt pans, construct an ancillary storeroom and cut into the rock to form an open reservoir and a store on a ‘vacant plot’ outside the development zone on the coastal area of Il-Ponta Ta’ Reqqa, limits of Żebbuġ.

The surrounding coastal area is characterised by a number of existing salt pans, some of which may be disused.

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