The Planning Authority's Planning Board today postponed a decision on the building of four towers at Mriehel after a court accepted a request by environment NGOs to issue a temporary warrant to stop the process.

The Board was due to decide on the project at a public meeting today. The court set 5 July as the date for a new hearing.

The request for a prohibitory injunction was filed by four environment NGOs who are insisting that proper studies be made on the building of high-rise buildings before decisions are taken.  

The proposed €70 million Mriehel development by Tumas and Gasan Holdings comprises four cylindrical towers of 14, 16, 17 and 19 storeys respectively, overlying five basement levels.

The towers will be built around a central plaza and interlinked with elevated landscaped walkways and bridges rising to the sixth storey.