'A monster that devours Qrendi': Activists protest mega block in place of field

Speakers described how changes in the local plans hurt their communities and destroyed virgin land that once gave character to their towns. Photo: Matthew Mirabelli

Plans to replace a hundred-year-old farmhouse and adjacent fields with a mega-block have been described by activists as “a monster that will devour Qrendi".On Sunday, resident groups met in Żurrieq to protest the proposed development and to call for a revision of Malta’s controversial local plans.The development (PA/03299/24) would see the construction of 48 apartments...