40% of the project once billed as futuristic ‘internet city’ will be residential, while the rest will be a hospital, schools and hotels. Only 9% will be offices.
Initially touted by the Gonzi administration as a digital hub that would employ 4,000 workers, Smart City is fast changing into a residential and commercial project.
Read more: MT: Requiem for the Smart ‘internet city’: Offices make way for 1,000 flats
Smart City has been told to assess the impact on traffic of various changes being contemplated to the area’s masterplan and propose solutions.
The obligation is found in the terms of reference for a Traffic Impact Assessment issued by the Planning Authority.
The study is likely to determine whether the Smart City development, which is set to accommodate the American University of Malta’s campus and other residential institutions, will require a new access road.
Read more: MT: Road access to Smart City to be determined in Traffic Impact Assessment
GO's, Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are now more improved thanks to its newly launched Narrowband-IOT nationwide network, which allows businesses to not only improve their operational efficiency, but become greener too, because NB-IoT requires less energy to operate.
With the addition of NB-IoT to all its mobile networks, including its recently launched 5G network, GO today offers the widest IoT portfolio in Malta.
Read more: MT: GO introduces Narrowband IoT to all its mobile networks
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Smart City in Kalkara is set to be transformed into an 11-storey hotel after the Planning Authority approved the outline development permit for 250 rooms, accompanied by the usual “ancillary facilities.” Right next to it, another block will house anywhere from 95 to 128 residential units.
A 38,000 square-metre plot of land between Fort St Rocco and the Xgħajra coastline will be taken up by 69 villa developments – altogether the size of five football grounds.
The plans submitted by Smart City last week for its villa development will include 11,200sq.m of roads and 17,800sq.m for public areas, promenades and landscaping around the fort.
Read more: MT: Smart City villas: heights reduced from 2009 plans