They are starting in Verona Porta Nuova preparatory activities to work for the entrance to the Brescia-Verona High Speed/High Capacity railway line. However, the most impactful construction sites will start from autumn.
On the occasion of the press conference held today at the Palazzo Barbieri headquarters of the Municipality of Verona it was the program of preliminary activities is illustrated to the implementation of the works, which include the execution of clearance of areas from war ordnancethe resolution of interference with public services, the mowing of vegetation and the preparation of construction site logistics areas.
The works of theVerona AV/AC hub: West entrance” consist in the realization of 3.6 kilometers of new HS/AC linewhose activation is expected by 2028, of a new route of approximately 3.3 kilometreswhich will allow direct interconnection between the Milan-Verona line and the Brenner line, in upgrading of approximately 4.2 km of the existing railway line. The project also includes interventions to rationalize and strengthen the Verona Porta Nuova station, with modification and expansion of the existing platforms and underpasses.
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The words of theVerona Mobility Councilor Tommaso Ferrari and for RFI the person responsible for the procedure Ivan Baroncini.
«The most impactful works will start in autumn, presumably between October and November» he explained the Mobility Councilor Tommaso Ferrari. «These are construction sites that they will inevitably impact city traffictherefore we are preparing the modeling of changes to road traffic, evaluating the solutions that will create less inconvenience for citizens, who will in any case be informed in time also through public meetings in the neighborhoods affected by the works. In the meantime the design phase of the compensatory works identified by the Municipality for the construction of the HS/HC line is proceedingamong these the two roundabouts to the north and on via Albere, the strengthening of mass public transport, the road works to connect Verona Sud to Basso Acquar, the redevelopment of the Porta Vescovo railway junction”.
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The interventions
The interventions constitute a first phase of the overall reorganization project of the Verona railway hub. They will make it possible to reduce interference between the different traffic flows, making circulation more fluid and increasing the capacity of the infrastructure, with benefits on the regularity and punctuality of both long-distance and regional services, as well as greater efficiency and consistency of transport goods. There new freight line will then allow the Verona hub to be partially freed from flows to and from the Brenner line and will strengthen connections with the intermodal port of Verona Quadrante Europa.
The work, which includes a total investment of approximately 441 million euroshas as its client Italian Railway Network, the lead company of the Infrastructure Hub of the FS Italiane Group, while the engineering company Italferr was assigned the direction of the works. The works were awarded to the group of companies Impresa Pizzarotti & C., Saipem and Salcef.
The director of the AV/AC project was present at the press conference for RFI Luigi De Amicis and the person responsible for the procedure Ivan Baroncinithe representative of the Group of executing companies Andrea Marchetti and the Mobility and Traffic manager of the Municipality of Verona Michele Fasoli.
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