Holistic strategy is needed as Mosta Faces an influx of large Elderly Homes

Momentum is seriously questioning the logic and sustainability of continuously squeezing enormous elderly care homes into Mosta without a comprehensive national plan. The locality already hosts four such facilities, and the rapid pace of new proposals is raising alarm over the cumulative impact on the community.

Just this weekend, an eight-storey facility designed to house 362 residents was recommended for approval. This comes in the wake of objections filed by the party against another seven-storey development proposed near the sensitive area of Wied Speranza (PA/05420/26). There are at least two other such projects in Mosta currently in the pipeline.

Mark Camilleri Gambin, General Secretary of Momentum, expressed the party’s deep frustration with the current piecemeal approach to planning.

“It defies logic to continue approving these massive projects in isolation,” Camilleri Gambin stated. “When one project gets the green light, are the authorities looking at the broader picture and considering the others? We need to know if the inevitable surge in traffic is being seriously evaluated. We must also question how these blocks are degrading Mosta’s visual appeal, and crucially, how this increasingly congested environment will impact the very elderly residents who are meant to live in them.”

Momentum is demanding transparency and good governance in how such infrastructural decisions are made, urging the authorities to conduct and publish carrying capacity studies regarding the actual national demand for elderly care facilities and their optimal distribution across the island.

“Has anyone actually worked out how many care homes we truly need, and where they should be located?” Camilleri Gambin added. “Our elderly deserve the absolute best. That includes having well-designed localities that are suited for living in”.

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