Title

Safeguard the Gzira Gardens

Date

16-09-2020

Date petition closes for signatures

14-11-2020

Creator of petition

CONRAD BORG MANCHE`

Grievance

A petition to Parliament to request Government to safeguard the Gzira Garden in its entirety and to prevent a fuel pump from taking any part of it.

The Gżira community and the Maltese public are in desperate need of green open spaces in the ever-growing urban areas. Our children have nowhere else to play, our families have nowhere else to meet, our senior citizens have nowhere else to rest. The Gzira Garden is the last remaining oasis in a suffocated locality with construction, commercialisation and traffic.

Wherefore I/we respectfully request the House of Representatives to

We plead that no part of the Gżira Garden, which is the last precious open space, be given under any form of title, lease or exchanged to accommodate a fuel station, car wash and ancillary facilities but for the public to continue to enjoy the full range of this open green space. This 20,000 square meter garden is the only breathtaking area left in the surrounding localities with the highest population density in our country. The interest of the citizens comes first and foremost.

Closing remarks

Thanks for joining us in this plea.