“The work is not in question but everything is proceeding too slowly.” Thus the regional councilor for Mobility and Transport Andrea Corsini on the Passante of Bologna on the sidelines of the presentation of the 2024 White Book of non-deferrable works for Emilia-Romagna.
The meeting to break the deadlock on the Passante di Bologna
Corsini confirmed a meeting scheduled for next week with the Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini: «We hope it brings some news – he says – at the moment we are still stuck at the same point with Autostrade which must produce the final project and the government which is consequently responsible for unblocking the economic-financial plan of the work. Let’s hope there is an acceleration, because this transfer of responsibility between local authorities and the government is of little interest to me.”
The other strategic works requested by Emilia-Romagna
The strengthening of Bologna motorway-ring road junction it is one of the priority works for the economic system of Emilia-Romagna. But together with the Passante, the White Paper signals the realization of the fourth lane of the A14 between Bologna and the branch to Ravenna, the Campogalliano-Sassuolo link roadthe regional highway Cispadana and the modernization and safety of the state road Adriatica between Ferrara and Ravenna.
The demands on the railway front in the region
On the railway front the five tables of comparison instituted to take stock of the situation and highlight the most pressing needs, instead identify as priorities the Adriatic High Speed (Bologna-Lecce-Taranto). In the survey carried out by Unioncamere Emilia-Romagna, 917 regional companies were involved and expressed the need to streamline more significantly connections between North and South and between East and West.
Cispadana and strengthening of the Adriatic ridge
«Our priorities are always the same – underlines Corsini – in some cases we are also making progress: for example, for the first days of May we will convene the Conference of services for Cispadana with construction scheduled for 2025. On the iron side, however, I report on the Adriatic ridge the quadrupling of the Bologna-Imola section, with 3 billion euros of investment in our region, which will allow us to separate freight traffic from passenger traffic. This country – he concludes – needs infrastructure to maintain the competitiveness of their economic systems”.
What needs to be improved on the A1
In this context, many critical issues have been highlighted on the road front in the section of the A1 between Piacenza and Modena: the road network, especially given the total closures of some sections, is not able to meet the needs; in essence, ordinary traffic is unable to absorb the flows of traffic that are generated on those occasions, above all in the Parma-Terre di Canossa Campegine section. Following what happened last May with the flood that hit Romagna in particular, the focus also highlights the need for coordination in the planning of recovery activities maintenance of some important infrastructure works, such as bridges and viaducts.
The request for the simplified logistics zone
But the regional territory also asks the government to implement the Simplified logistics area, which should involve companies that gravitate around the port of Ravenna, but not only, and that thanks to this instrument could access concessions and incentives. «Investing in the infrastructures of Emilia-Romagna – explains the regional president of Unioncamere, Valerio Veronesi – means investing in competitiveness and in the environmental sustainability of Italy”.
