€700,000 Pledged For Urban Greening Across 11 Maltese Towns And Villages
Eleven towns and localities across Malta and Gozo are set to benefit from a €700,000 fund aimed at carrying out new greening projects.
Ambjent Malta will be using the money to embelish different areas within these towns, Environment Minister Miriam Dalli announced alongside Parliamentary Secretary Alison Zerafa Civelli.
Some of the towns include Għajnsielem, Rabat (Malta), Ħamrun, Paola and Żejtun.
“With one project after another, we want to enhance our localities with better, safer and more sustainable recreational spaces. Abandoned areas will be regenerated to improve the environment in urban areas. As promised in the electoral manifesto, we want residents to have access to more open spaces, as close as possible to where they live or work,” said Dalli said.
Each submitted project was evaluated based on five criteria which include the environmental aspect of the project, originality, the cultural aspects and the benefits towards the community, the aesthetic design, and the implementation period of the project.
Through these projects, residents will see “new urban spaces and regeneration of abandoned gardens for a cleaner environment.
“Quality of life is one of the government’s highest priorities – as such, rest assured that together with the local government division we will strive for more schemes which aid local councils in implementing more greening projects on a local level,” Zerafa Civelli said, hoping that the projects would lead to the “beautification of urban localities”.
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