With reference to your article (5-3-2011), namely the part referring to me: “Other parts of his comments turned out to be untrue, such as that the project would pose a danger to three farmhouses the family owns at Ta’ Xbiex, the oldest residences in the area.”

Please find attached the relative extract from the DPA report, where it results that the farmhouses are indeed endangered.

It would be worth adding my comment that the rationale used by the National Resources Authority to pass through Ta’ Xbiex is worrying.

If this (silly) project is to be approved, at least they should have the courtesy of inconveniencing me less, by not passing over my land and run the tunnels under existing roads.

As for my comment that the tendering process commenced even before approval of the application, please refer to https://secure2.gov.mt/eprocurement/tender-details?l=1&tid=B176C441FE526E7161090CC60620D05F852CB82BEA108B5E and come to your own conclusions.

■ Martin Testaferrata Moroni Viani,

LL.D.

Paola