«The construction site area has been handed over to the company. JobsTherefore, they will leave in a few days». Giuseppe Santoruvo, councilor for public works, updates on the situation of one of the most anticipated construction sites in Bitonto. That of making everything safe (strictly temporary). via Solferinowhere from November 20, 2022 the situation has changed radically. That Sunday, in fact, due to torrential rain, part of the bridge there collapsed and, in March last year, after the repair of only the section in question, traffic was only allowed in the direction of travel towards Piazza Caduti del terrorism, while the other side of the road is closed off by barriers. And with the works, finally, the fundamental road artery will return to two-way traffic and an end to the inconvenience for residents and motorists.
There Municipal council has already given the green light to the executive project for the temporary safety of the entire wall in Via Solferino last autumn and temporary because for the “perfect” work on the nineteenth-century bridge they require several million euros, a sum that Palazzo Gentile now does not possess. For the moment, then, we will be “satisfied” with an almost intervention 400 thousand eurosof which 180 thousand received from the Region to which Bitonto had turned immediately requesting a state of emergency. The works will affect the entire road up to the church of Santa Rita. What will they be like? Not at all different from those with which the damaged part was settled. And therefore gabions of variable height and size, arranged close to the existing wall and resting on a layer of quarry stabilisation. A stone filling is provided between the existing stone wall and the gabions, adequately compacted and protected by a geotextile sheet with filtering, protective and separation properties.
«The construction site – underlines Santoruvo – once started will at least last four months».
