11 Pieta Mini Billboards Found To Have Been Placed Illegally
Billboards that were recently set up on the pavement of Triq ix-Xatt in Pieta were placed illegally, the Planning Authority has confirmed.
Only last week, the 11 billboards were the subject of severe public backlash, with local environmentalist Cami Appelgren one of many concerned individuals to speak up against their disregard to pedestrians.
The case details, available on the Planning Authority’s website, show that the mini-billboards are awaiting to be sanctioned.
This means that the Planning Authority is aware that the billboard structures were placed illegally.
In such situations, the owners of the illegally placed structures are required to apply to have said structures sanctioned. If the Planning Authority decides to accept the application, the proposed structures will remain standing but its owners will be subjected to a fine.
During the sanctioning process, the illegally placed structures cannot be operational or generate any income for their owners.
Despite this, the mini-billboards along Triq ix-Xatt were exhibiting advertisements for Yamamay Malta for a few days last week.
Following public backlash however, Yamamay Malta’s managing director, Joe Mohnani, announced that such advertisements were removed from the illegal structures. Mohnani also said that the “structures have been in place alone the Pieta seafront for nearly two years”, although “without a visual print.”