THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE ON THE STRAIT BRIDGE PROJECT, ISSUED BY DG-ABAP SECTOR V, RAISE IMPORTANT CRITICAL ISSUES THAT “OUR ITALY” CONSIDER FUNDAMENTAL
Non-compliance with the landscape plan
One of the main ones critical issues concerns the non-compliance of the project Bridge over the Strait to the Landscape Plan of area 9 of the Province of Messina.
This discrepancy revealed by the Directorate General for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape DG ABAPof the Ministry of Cultureimportant for the Services Conference, will require a series of complex administrative procedures to be resolved, including a new agreement between the ministry itself and the Sicily Region.
«The MiC verification of landscape interference will require proceeding with complex administrative acts. Cas the vote in the Regional Assembly for the approval and adoption of a new agreement between ministry and Region. Procedures with no immediate solution and not without some obstacles”we read in the note sent by Our Italy.
Landscape importance of the areas involved
The opinion of the ministry it also highlights the dissatisfaction with compensation works for historic assets and environmental redevelopment. «In addition to the problems of the wings of the Mediterranean square, the provisions also concern the interference of the anchoring plates with the neighboring Fortino in the Piale area, protected by law pursuant to art. 10, paragraph 1 of Legislative Decree 42\2004, and finally the archaeological findings for which preventive archeology investigations are prescribed, all of which still have to be planned and carried out”.
(With the help of the lawit means that the Fortino in Piale is considered to be of particular historical, cultural or artistic value and enjoys automatic legal protection without the need for a formal declaration or an additional procedure – ed.).
Reflections of Italia Nostra
«Italia Nostra, therefore, supports the very correct findings of the General Directorate, including the adaptation of the PTP area plan and all the other notes. In the opinion of the Association, these could determine the unserviceability of this infrastructure whose impact, which can be summarized as 15.5 million cubic meters of excavation (these are volumes corresponding to approximately three medium-sized Italian cities), will overturn the places and the current economy , linked to tourism and high-quality agriculture», states the environmental association.
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