Cosenza, “the administration lacks vision”. The attack of four members of the Democratic Party

COSENZA «The large, medium and small cities of our country, with wise use of the funds from the national recovery and resilience plan (PNRR), are changing their face for the better. And, if it is true, that from a general point of view the government could and should have favored a better speed and quality of spending than the national allocation of PNRRon the other hand there is no doubt that Roberto Gualtieri in Rome, Beppe Sala in Milan, Antonio De Caro in Bari, Matteo Lepore in Bologna, Dario Nardella in Florence e Matteo Ricci in Pesaro with these resources they have designed new scenarios, new neighborhoods, they have acquired hectares of abandoned properties and used them as new housing and new common spaces, they have provided citizens with rapid connections, they have created new arteries, new kindergartens, new schools, in short they have done take a leap forward for their cities and have offered those who live there and those who visit them opportunities that did not exist before” – this is what is written in a note signed by the members of the Democratic Party of the Cosenza federation Sergio De Simone, Alessandro Grandinetti, Saverio Carlo Greco and Giacomo Mancini. «In this list of virtuous centre-left administrations, despite ourselves, we believe we cannot include that of Cosenza. After three years of Caruso’s administration, it unfortunately becomes clear to the people of Cosenza that there is no idea of ​​a city that should have at least begun to be realized during his mandate. The development trajectories contained in planning tools dating back over the years now appear outdated. The concept of the four entrance gates to the city, for example, has been superseded by the decisions, some even dramatically impromptu, of the last decade”, we read further.
«Just as, and we have pointed this out recently, there has not been the ability to think about integrated development with It makes And Castrolibero laying the foundations of an associated development plan (PSA). Consequently, the interventions that have been launched in this council – continues the note signed by the members of the Democratic Party of the Cosenza federation Sergio De Simone, Alessandro Grandinetti, Saverio Carlo Greco and Giacomo Mancini – appear disconnected from an overall idea of ​​the city. The renovation of some buildings has begun, the reclamation of a couple of buildings, the renovation of some squares, the opening of a walkway – interventions which in their singularity may well have been appropriate – but which are evidently devoid of a thread conductor of overall development. And on these, monitoring should also be started on the progress of the construction sites which unfortunately are far from being completed.” «The other day there was a lot of emphasis on bituminisation, which is a positive thing in itself via XXIV May, without understanding that those excessively emphatic tones represented and represent the clear demonstration of the lack of a vision which specifically concerns thinking about new communication arteries for Cosenza. The reopening of Viale Giacomo Mancinithe construction of a new road system on via Reggio Calabriathe construction of a new artery from San Vito for Mendicino These are three priorities that are completely absent from this administration’s agenda. Just as the dialogue between the municipal administration and the citizens is completely absent. In the cities we have mentioned, multi-voiced reflections, meetings, studies and in-depth studies are ongoing to understand how we need to operate. Here we don’t start a single initiative for discussion”, they continue. «And the mirror of this lack of dialogue is represented by the institutional site which has, since 2019, effectively lacked the most basic forms of transparency. Starting from the authorization procedures for new buildings which, in spite of zero land consumption, are without limits with respect to height and without criteria with respect to their impact on the areas where they are located, also because detailed plans for the expansion areas are completely missing. In our writing the Old Town on which we drew up a complete dossier months ago which was received with the usual arrogance and with many gratuitous insults towards those who compiled it. After months, unfortunately nothing has been done to remedy the limitations, faults, delays and non-compliances for that part of the city. Two years after the end of the council (and it could only be a few months if the merger proposal became law as it was proposed) it would be necessary to carefully reflect on the results achieved and the delays of this experience of the center-left at the helm of the city. This task falls first and foremost to the PD, the largest party in the coalition to which we are members. We advise the companions who drive it – thus ends the note signed by the members of the Democratic Party of the Cosenza federation Sergio De Simone, Alessandro Grandinetti, Saverio Carlo Greco and Giacomo Mancini – to waste less time on internal purge actions and discussions, instead dedicating energy and resources to discussions with militants, members and voters in order to strengthen and relaunch the political and administrative action of the centre-left in the city”.