As from tomorrow – Tuesday, excavation and demolition works will no longer be permitted after 4pm, the Environment Ministry has said.

Currently these works are allowed between 8am and 2pm and between 4pm an 8pm. However this will now change from between 7.30am and 4pm, These changes will be published in a legal notice.

Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning Aaron Farrugia together with Parliamentary Secretary for Construction Chris Agius stated on Monday that this decision is a ”result of continuous work towards a more sustainable industry and within the context of the construction reform.”

“These steps will strengthen – and not weaken- the construction industry, while the demand of families to reduce inconvenience and noise pollution in the evening hours is being heard,” they said.

Contractors carrying out such works are expected to cooperate in the way they organise their respective sites of work.

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