1 comment.Gozo Rural Airfield project – Public information meetings this week
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The Gozo Regional Development Authority is holding two public meetings during this week regarding the proposed Gozo Rural Airfield to which the public are invited.
A reminder that the two information meetings are on; Thursday, the 19th of May – English Speaking – from 1700hrs till 1900hrs, Conference Hall, Gozo Innovation Hub, Xewkija, and and Friday, the 20th of May – Maltese Speaking – from 1700hrs till 1900hrs, Conference Hall, Gozo Innovation Hub, Xewkija
Booking is required to attend either meeting by emailing on info@grda.mt or by phone on 22156338.
A public consultation process as part of the Regional Impact Assessment related to the proposed – Gozo Rural Airfield – project in Xewkija has also been launched.
The project envisages the extension of the existing runway (which is currently 174m long) by a further 271-metres, to reach a total length of 445-metres (by 20-metres wide), including a safety area of 30-metres on each side (at each end) of the airstrip.
The envisaged upgrades are planned predominately within the airfield-designated territory. Currently the heliport is only used in cases of emergency by the air ambulance helicopter.
Flights, which will be daytime only, will take around 15 minutes between Malta and Gozo. Take-offs and landings are planned along a specific route in order not to overfly villages close to the airfield.
A non-technical guide to the Regional Impact Assessment can be downloaded from here
The Authority will be presenting all the studies related to this project that are available on the GRDA website so that the public can formulate an independent opinion.
For more information please see here and to make written contributions to the consultation are to be submitted to the Gozo Regional Development Authority on: consultations.grda@grda.mt
The consultation process closes on Friday, the 27th of May 2022.
If people were smart, no one would show up to this meeting. These flying planes would be taking off back and forth with all the over population that Malta already has and then with all those tourists that come in. Fields will be polluted, aviation fuel and vapors will be released and birds will be killed. Malta is over crowded and these planes crash very often.