The MIDI consortium, entrusted with the redevelopment of Manoel Island, has presented the project as a model of sustainability and sensitivity to our heritage.
Among the many promotional materials shared so far are highly polished photo montages that show a transformed Manoel Island as clean, green, and pedestrian-friendly. However, what is noticeably absent in all these images is any trace of traffic.
Yet the project includes 323 residential units spread across what is described as low-rise, four to five-storey blocks.
Malta has one of the highest rates of car ownership in Europe, averaging around 1.7 cars per household.
Based on this average, these homes alone would account for approximately 550 privately owned vehicles permanently based on the island. Parking, we are told, will be provided. But where exactly, and how will these vehicles move on and off the island daily?
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