by Andrea Rossetti
Pezzotta–Carnivals 1-0. The final whistle of the electoral match at Palazzo Frizzoni is still far away, but the centre-right scored the first goal of the match. This is confirmed by the statement released by the Boccaleone Neighborhood Committee after the meeting held in Rome on 17 April to outline the actions necessary to cushion the impact that the construction of the train to Orio will have on that part of the city: « The Committee – we read in the press note – thanks the lawyer Andrea Pezzotta, who requested and obtained the intervention of the minister Roberto Calderoli, who, in a very short time, organized the meeting with all the bodies involved”.
Finally some real support
A political goal for which, understandably, the centre-right coalition is rejoicing quite a bit. Also because it certifies a point on which Pezzotta and his colleagues, in these first months of the electoral campaign, have repeatedly argued, namely the Administration’s lack of listening to citizens Gori. And it is difficult not to agree, if you look at the specific case.
The Boccaleone Committee had been fighting for three years to ensure that its voice reached those responsible. And we are not talking about the Municipality, but about RFI (Italian railway network), the Region or even the Ministry of Infrastructure. What the spokespersons of the neighborhood – who, however, it should be underlined, do not represent all the inhabitants of Boccaleone – were asking from Palazzo Frizzoni was greater listening and support in reporting their requests. To be a sidekick, in short. And it is objective that this has not happened, so much so that, especially in the last year, there have been more frictions than handshakes between the parties.
Goodbye to the opposed underpass
But what did the Committee obtain from Pezzotta’s fruitful “intercession”? The promise that no cycle/pedestrian underpass will be built between Boccaleone and Clementina; the confirmation of the construction of two walkways (one to replace the existing one, which will be demolished, and one where the level crossing in Via Recastello is today, which will be closed); the guarantee that the sound-absorbing panels that will be installed along the railway section will be 3.5 meters high and not 7.5, with RFI which will only verify the real decibels produced by the passing trains and a possible increase in the height of the panels once the work is completed (although it was RFI itself that envisaged 7.5 meter panels…).
The main point of conflict between the Committee and the Municipality, however, was the underpass (…)
