Ferrara L’tourist waterway: projects, implementations and timing. A fluid theme, one might say. With decades of discussions. Yesterday afternoon it was widely discussed during a special session of the Council Commission (the fourth) of Municipality of Ferrara. What is the state of the art and what are the programs? There are various subjects in comedy: from public administration to Regionfrom private entrepreneurs to Petrochemical. Meanwhile, a mapping: we’re talking about 70km of waterways starting from Pontelagoscuro and end at the sea in the landing place of Port Garibaldi. 170 million euros have been made available to intervene on the radius of canal curves, on the redevelopment of banks, on the reconstruction of bridges and on dredging. Precisely the last two topics directly call the Petrochemical industry into question: via Battistella, via Modena, via Michelini… Trajectories and viaducts which «in 2023 involved the passage of 36,000 trucks» he states Paolo Schiavina, CEO of Ifm (service consortium company). It goes without saying that future interventions will necessarily have to be synergistic with the chemical hub. «If we block the trucks entering the petrochemical plant – adds Schiavina – we lose a million euros a day».
Dredging issue: two areas have been identified in the Petrochemical area (to the North and East) to store and process sludge residues. Planting and treatment. So far the reflection, let’s call it industrial. Then the reasoning linked to navigation and the possible tourism implications must be supported. Pragmatism and not Icarus-style flights. That is, there is no great chance of having spaces that allow the presence of class V ships, which is already difficult – but let’s say hopeful – for class IV ones. Therefore small/medium sized boats and ships are possible. But nothing else.
Now, the work done: Bardella bridge on the Boicelli canal in the Vallelunga area, Madonna bridge in Migliarino and demolition with subsequent construction Final di Rero bridge (26 million euros have been allocated for this last work). The dredging of the has already been contracted Dock of S. Paolo (starting in May, then summer stop and resumption in September). Also in a month, the works on the Boicelli will be defined, which concern the Betto bridge, the Confortino bridge, the Mizzana bridge and the freight railway bridge. Are available 69 million euros.
The defense work of the mouth of the Porto Garibaldi canal, the redevelopment of the Po di Volano, the hydraulic junction of Pontelagoscuro to allow the reversal maneuvers of the vessels must be implemented. Above all, a clear reflection: the Ferrara waterway will eventually be able to focus on the tourism sector, certainly not on industrial transport. He knows a lot about tourism Georg Sobbeowner of the vessel Nena: «The dredging of the Po di Volano in Darsena is fundamental. However, I would like to point out that the basin of Lepri Valley it has been closed since 2013: therefore the road that connects Ferrara to the sea is interrupted. Furthermore, the Po di Primaro does not reach Marrara: it is only navigable for 3-4 km. I also remember that a Fossanova, like at Canottieri or in Darsena there is no public mooring. A mooring is essential for tourism development. There is no common control room.” In short, we try. The ingredients are ambitious (economy, tourism and environment) and a good mix is quickly created. Some steps have been taken, the projection – necessity – is that by 2027 many more substantial steps will be taken.
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