WATCH: Malta Has A Brand New Sandy Beach Installed
Construction work has finished on a new sandy beach found between Sliema and St. Julians. Work on Balluta Bay started earlier this summer, and as the large barges clear the space, the new beach has taken shape.
Sharing a drone shot of the completed works, Malta’s Minister for Tourism showed off the ‘Experimental Sand Renourishment’.
Experimental Sand renourishment at #Balluta bay completed. This project is intended to improve our tourism product.
We will evaluate possibilities of environmentally friendly improvements in other bays around #Malta and #Gozo @KonradMizzi pic.twitter.com/PO44QiuQCQ
— Alex Cutajar (@cutajaralex) August 4, 2018
The beach was extended by 20m in a bid to “improve the tourism product” by the ministry. Here’s an Instagram time lapse of how the change went down.
The original bay
The original bay had some sandy sections, but the sea carried forward almost all the way to the steps leading down to the beach.
The very start of the works
A large barge filled with sand was brought in to extend the beach area.
The construction phase
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