Sliema Savoy residents file petition against petrol pump
Sliema Savoy residents are insisting with government and the Malta Environment and Planning Authority to take immediate action and immediately shut down the operation of a petrol station in Rue D’Argens.
In a written petition forwarded to the Prime Minister, Minister George Pullicino, the MEPA chairman and the Sliema local council, the Sliema Savoy residents explained that the EU Directives and regulations on Volatile Organic Compound emissions (VOC) are all there to be observed and acknowledged. “The harmful effects on the health and well being of residents, particularly in the vicinity of the petrol stations in residential areas, are unacceptable when one considers that VOC’s may cause not only cancer but other symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, respiratory problems, depression, kidney and liver damage among other illnesses,” the petition said.
The residents explained that the kerbside petrol station has its fuel tanks and pump, with no title for the appropriation of public land, adding that the person who is running the station has sublet the garage (originally a washroom) contributing to the establishment of this kerb side station, without any consent from the owners refusing to hand over the keys and challenging a request for them.
According to the Local Plan for North Harbours, it is evident – they said – that should this application be approved, it would eventually be in conflict with the proposal of the safe open spaces, of the urban section of the Local Plan.
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