MEPA clamps down on Fekruna Bay ‘eyesore’

According to MEPA, the abandoned building has become an eyesore and contains dangerous structures, and is openly accessible to everyone as its apertures have been broken.

Fekruna Bay had been earmarked for villa development in the 1988 temporary provision scheme but was scheduled by MEPA in 1996.

The Mare D’Oro restaurant’s lido itself was the site of protests by residents and Alternattiva Demokratika who wanted free public access to Fekruna Bay in the 1990s. The authority had consequently refused an application by Mare D’Oro owner Raymond Vella to build two villas in the bay in 1998.

Vella had presented another application in 2003 for the demolition of existing Mare d’Oro structure and the construction of residential units. The application is still being processed by MEPA.