Does anyone get fined for blocking a pavement for weeks?

One rightly gets fined for parking on a pavement, but what if one occupies the pavement for eight weeks?

It was a question posed by a reader who sent the picture above, taken in Zebbug, where the locality's second feast is due to be celebrated at the end of the month.

He said this was the second time this has happened this summer, the first having been for the feast of St Philip.

Some poles had blocked pavements for up to eight weeks, he said,  especially the pole in front of the social security office Triq Sciortino c/w Vjal il-Helsien.

"Poles blocked the footpath for the first feast for several weeks, and now again for the second feast, with the colour of the pole changed from brown to blue," he said.

"Are these legal? 

"What is the KNPD doing on this matter? Persons with wheelchairs/ buggies with small kids are obliged to go in the road instead of using the footpath. In case of injuries, can legal proceedings be taken against feast organisers, band club presidents, volunteers, the mayor , parish priest etc…? Are they covered by any insurance?

"If one parks a vehicle on a footpath one would get a ticket, but is a pole being an obstacle for weeks acceptable?" 

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