After the various collapse Of pines historians in the heart of Rome they culls quotes, the Capitol intervened for green upwith the planting of 10 new plants, the quadrant around Venice plaza.
The mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri and the councilor for Agriculture, environment and waste cycle Sabrina Alfonsi were present at the start of the planting of five pine trees and a cypress in Piazza San Marcofour pines in Ara Coeli square and a pine tree at the beginning of the climb Via delle Tre Pile. With this intervention, coordinated by the Capitoline Department of Environmental Protection, the aim is to reconstitute the arboreal structure of the area with the replacement of the trees missing following the collapses and felling that occurred last summer.
Gualtieri: «100 million funds allocated for the two-year period 24/26″
«The planting of the new pine trees in Piazza Venezia is a sign of attention and care for greenerythe parks and historic villas of the city on which the administration has increased investments from 6.7 million in 2020 to 33 million in 2022, up to 34 million in 2023», explained Gualtieri on Thursday, attending the works. «For the new 2024-2026 call for integrated vertical and horizontal green maintenance they are approximately 100 million funds allocated. We are working in all quadrants of the city with a specific plan dedicated to street trees with important interventions such as, for example, those carried out in via dei Gracchi, viale Marconi, via di Villa Chigi, via di Sacco Pastore, via Tigrè, viale Leonardo Da Vinci, via Faleria, via Albertoni and via De Carolis».
The recent collapses
In Piazza San Marco, on 13 July 2023, a pine tree measuring approximately 25 meters of about 80 years old which also involved two cypresses. The analyzes carried out had highlighted that the root system had been attacked by a cariogenic fungus and that it was further compromised due to the pavement renovation work probably dating back to the Jubilee of 2000.
The following July 20, 2023, another collapse affected a pine tree in front of the Roman Insula, which was also affected by the cariogenic fungus at the roots. Immediately after the collapses, tensile tests were carried out on the pine trees present throughout the entire area, including the initial area of Via dei Fori imperiali, which led to the felling of three pine trees and a cypress in Piazza San Marco, of the remaining one in in front of the Insula and the pine tree at the beginning of the climb Via delle Tre Pile.
In the area in front of the Insula no new replantings will be carried out due to the lack of adequate space to guarantee the growth and stability of new pines and for the construction works on Metro C.
4,500 trees have already been planted
This intervention is part of the overall plan to plant, within the year, approximately 10 thousand street trees. As of early 2024 they are beyond that 4,500 street trees have already been planted using, among other essences, privet, lime trees, flowering pears, plums, magnolias, holm oaks, ash trees, sophore trees, orange trees, maples and jacarandas. Procurement also provides at least 25 interventions of irrigation per year, the restoration or replacement of any damaged supports and ties, the control of the verticality of the essence, the fertigation at the end of the maintenance year, the replacement of plants that have not taken root or have dried up during the two years of maintenance required by contract.
