COSENZA The Courier of Calabria announced the contents of one a few months ago preparatory meeting for the implementation of a series of strategic works intended to redesign the projects of some important infrastructures of Cosentino. The meeting, held in the Cosenza Province building, was attended by the president of the organisation Rosaria Succurro and the Rector of the University of Calabria, Nicola Leone. Subject of discussion, the creation of an arterial road connecting the Cosenza Nord motorway junction and the Arcavacata Campus.
The University of Calabria should be built within the perimeter that houses the Calabrian University new hospital in Cosenza. The conditional is a must, in the absence of official indications on the feasibility study and in light of the “silence” on the subject by the president of the Calabria Region Roberto Occhiuto. That he had been clear on the location of the new Cosentino hospital, categorically excluding the possibility that there was only room for one solution and quashing the one proposed by the mayor of Cosenza, Franz Caruso. Let’s talk about the area of I screen Liseat the center of a series of modernization and redevelopment projects launched weeks ago and intended, this is the idea of the Caruso Council, to revolutionize the area by transforming it from a place of abandonment and degradation into a nerve center for sustainable mobility and transport. The area deemed suitable to host the hospital that could be built a few steps from the University and the Faculty of Medicine is the same as the one that should have hosted the “Cittadella dello Sport”.
The choice is obviously not random, but the result of in-depth studies and above all – this is the key fact – it offers ample guarantees regarding the possibility of starting construction works expansion of the polyclinic structure. Therefore, the vast land made available by Unical would not only favor the construction of an excellent healthcare facility, but would guarantee future projection the possibility of adding new departments, expanding the healthcare offering, creating centers capable of meeting the needs of patients. It is impossible to leave out another aspect, considered fundamental and well-founded by those pushing towards this type of solution, the synergy that would be created between the polyclinic and all the faculties present at Unical, specialized in the biomedical field.
The main steps
Despite the stubborn and contrary position of the mayor of Bruzio, the project to build the university hospital in the immense area of the Arcavacata Campus continues. Even with the lights off. The Magnificent Rector of Unical Nicola Leone excludes that there have been meetings or indications received from the Calabrian governor and health commissioner: the land is owned by the University and the black and white plan has been agreed with the Province of Cosenza. The contents of that dated meeting, of which we have given ample account, were followed by a further and precious step, again anticipated by Corriere della Calabria. First of all there is a timing to be respected.
The first step must be completed no later than March 2026,(under penalty of losing the funds to carry out the work financed with Pnrr funds) and concerns the construction of the road connecting the motorway junction and the Campus. The new artery will have three more junctions work in progress: the construction of the junction, i complementary road works on the route between Altilia and Cosenza and High Speed.
The artery to be built would guarantee direct access to that specific portion of territory identified and deemed suitable for the project. In the next few days, further meetings will follow to define the work and the subsequent steps. As regards the contribution of the province of Cosenza, the Authority could make some relevant land available and provide any technical support.
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