Win-win solution to Fomm ir-Riħ access saga presented to government
A solution to the accessibility issue to the foreshore at Fomm ir-Riħ has been presented to the government after it was agreed upon between the Ramblers’ Association and the land owner. In a statement on Saturday, the Ramblers' Association said that, over the past year, it has held numerous discussions with landowner Sandro Chetcuti to ensure that public access to the foreshore is safeguarded while respecting his right to his property. The association said that, in 1983, a deed had been signed between the government and Fredrick Maynard, the landowner at the time, establishing a perpetual right of public passage to the foreshore. But since the original footpath leading to the foreshore was never properly implemented and its foreseen location collapsed due to the erosion of the clay slopes, an alternative path had now been mutually identified. This path, Ramblers said, leads to the smaller pebble beach and mid-way forks out to allow access to the larger bay, from where one can then continue walking along the foreshore in the direction of Ġnejna. Chetcuti, Ramblers said, has consented to modify the 1983 agreement so as to alter the right of public passage to the new footpath,...