The Naxxar versus Mosta boundary saga remains unresolved, with Naxxar council executive secretary Paul Gatt confirming to The Malta Independent that there has been no agreement between the Naxxar and Mosta local councils over the village boundaries. Another dispute over boundaries has also cropped up between Mosta and Mgarr.

The differences became public on Tuesday, when Naxxar council issued a statement complaining that Mosta council had moved into the Naxxar area signs indicating the limits of Mosta’s boundaries.

Mr Gatt said that a sign belonging to Naxxar council and placed close to the Technopark was removed on 10 July by workers from Mosta local council and replaced seven metres further up Labour Avenue, towards Naxxar, just near a Naxxar bus stop.

Two other signs, one placed at the end of Saint Anthony Street and the other in Main Street, were removed on 27 August and placed in line with each other further up 21 September Avenue. Mr Gatt said Mosta local council workers placed the Mosta sign that was previously in Main Street, just inches away from one of the Naxxar signs, and facing it. Mr Gatt also said that the pavement on which one of the signs had been placed by Mosta council workers was very narrow, creating a danger for pedestrians. Naxxar council had had to confiscate these signs.

When The Malta Independent contacted Mosta council, it was told by the mayor’s assistant, Karmenu Camilleri, that due to the fact that the council had only settled in last April, it was still coming to grips with learning what was and was not legally bound to Mosta. Efforts to contact Mosta mayor Dr Paul Chetcuti Caruana have proved futile over the past three days.

Assocjazzjoni tal-Kunsill Lokali Laburisti vice-president Dr Luciano Busuttil said when contacted that the law always had to be observed, regardless of political affiliation. The maps showing the confines of each

village were established by law and if Mosta council was not sure about these boundaries, there was a particular legal procedure to follow.

The Malta Independent has also learned that Mgarr local council is also having boundary issues with Mosta council. Mgarr mayor Paul Vella told The Malta Independent that on 18 August, Mosta council workers placed a Mosta sign on the road leading to Mgarr from the Mosta roundabout, beyond the “Welcome to Mgarr” sign.

Mr Vella said that he had confronted the Mosta mayor, who had replied that “some people” had told him where the boundary signs should be.