Paceville plan produces more pollution, noise and waste.

The article I came across today talks about Paceville's new master plan. Marthese Portelli, who is a shadow minister of the opposition party does not agree with this new master plan. This render project would generate even more noise and waste pollution. The Planning Authority released a new video showing a new version for Paceville. This would provide more open spaces, making views a priority. Traffic and human congestion are also taken into consideration.  In fact, no confirmed discussion was done between The Planning Authority, responsible for land-use planning and environment regulation and the Environment ministry when the plan was being talked about.

When it comes to the government, she made sure to question him if studies were carried out regarding empty properties and how they could be used for elderly people instead of building additional storeys even in urban conservation areas and outside development zones. Wasteserv was also charged by Dr. Portelli due to mismanagement:

“Why was it that the number of black waste bags had shot up while recycled waste had gone down? Why is it that the smell of emitting from the Maghtab Landfill is unbearable?”

I do have mixed opinions about this project. Surely, tourists from all over the world come to visit Paceville. As a local, I think that work can be done to improve the area especially when it comes to traffic congestion. Since the area is crowded most of the time even during the day, this render project providing open, wider spaces would be a good idea for sure. However as much as I agree with this situation, I also strongly disagree. Due to migrants entering our country, our population is growing at a fast rate and this is already increasing the population levels. Such projects like this would in fact harm our environment especially if high rise buildings continue to arise. If so, habitat degradation would become an issue.

This picture of the plan shows how open and how much space there is.