The Malta Tourism Authority is planning to import sand to replenish and extend the small sandy beach at Xemxija.
The proposal has been presented to Mepa in a Project Description Statement (PDS) and follows the lines of the St George's Bay project.
ADi Associates, which submitted the report on the MTA's behalf, said the MTA had embarked on a national strategy that aims to study the possibility of and eventually replenishing existing or former beaches in a number of tourism strategic localities.
The five locations identified for further assessment in the St Paul's Bay-Bugibba-Xemxija; Tal-Ghasselin, St Paul's Bay; Bugibba Square; Ix-Xtajta ta' Bugibba (Dolmen Beach Club area); and Qawra Point.
The interventions considered for these five locations ranged from replenishment of beaches ranging from 1,000 m2 (at Qawra Point) to 6,000sq metre to creation of artificial beach facilities (pocket beaches and perched beaches).
Tthe proposal for Xemxija beach replenishment project is to recreate the former beach in this bay. The replenished beach, which will most likely require the use of coarse...
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