A cave right under the Sliema promenade does not appear to be facing any “immediate” risk of collapse, according to two experts, allaying fears of a potential looming disaster in one of the most popular pedestrian spots.

Concerns about the fissures in the rock eating into the rock under the promenade have been raised in the last years, with the Sliema mayor even saying the promenade could collapse if faced with a heavy storm from the northeast.

Times of Malta visited the site with civil engineers and University of Malta lecturers Adrian Mifsud and Christian Schembri to take a closer look at the cave and others like it to determine just how much of a threat they pose.

But according to Mifsud and Schembri, however, this worst-case scenario is not likely – at least, not anytime soon.

“Even though there does not seem to be any imminent danger, the caves are clearly migrating further inland… There’s no imminent danger, [but] that doesn’t mean there won’t be with time,” engineering geologist Schembri said, upon inspection.

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