‘We are living on a construction site’

Residents in Pembroke are being forced to live in what they describe as a “construction site” amid debris and scaffolding after government maintenance work at their apartment block stopped abruptly four months ago. More than 30 families have complained to the authorities about the situation, having suffered months of putting up with substandard conditions in their common areas. Despite the complaints, which they also voiced through this newspaper in June, no workers have returned to complete the job, prompting the residents to call on the authorities once again before they take legal action. “If this project is not completed as soon as possible, we will have to take it further, since as soon as it rains, we will have problems,” the residents said, renewing their plea for action. The work was being carried out to solve infrastructural problems that had for years caused damages to the residents’ flats as well as their underground garages. Venting their frustration, the residents told the Times of Malta that the Housing Authority was responsible for carrying out the work on the common parts of the complex situated close to the ITS. The maintenance work started in March after years...