Everything is fine morning at 5 and every evening at sunset they move for Rome in machine For open And close the you cancel of the parks and of villas of the Capital. the ones who do it volunteers of the association a Earth. The agreement with the Capitol is that this work – acquired through the award of a tender – is then recognized with the reimbursement from the gas consumed every month to reach approx 40 public parks which they open, close and check during the day, 365 days a year.
Today, however, May 1st, it caused a sensation among the Romans ready to challenge the bad weather by walking or running in the historic villa in Green Mountfind the gates of Villa Pamphilj closed, barred, without any warning. Same scene too Villa Carpegna And Villa Bonelli. And controversy broke out on social media among those who found such a fact absurd given the holiday.
Coppola: «Never talked about receipts»
«Two weeks ago we communicated to the Municipality that from today, Wednesday 1 May, we would have rejected L’assignment if they hadn’t paid us the refunds – explains the president of the association that deals with environmental protection, Valentina Coppola – Obviously no one from Palazzo Senatorio responded, much less took measures to guarantee the regular opening of all the parks. Only today they remember they have my phone number for threaten me. They demand from us the receipts to reimbursementbut the kilometers were calculated by them and therefore they know how many we do every day and how much they cost us.”
The Municipality: «We will carry out investigations. We will take action”
A few hours after Earth’s complaint and after sending the Municipality and the Garden Service staff to open the gates of the villas, the Campidoglio, in a note signed by the Environmental Protection department of Rome Capital, responds and threatens measures. «The failure to open this morning is due to thedefault of the Earth association, entrusted with the service through a 2022 tender”. «The reasons given by the association – adds the note – refer to the alleged failure by the Environmental Protection department to settle the requests for reimbursement of expenses to the volunteers who carry out the opening and closing service of the parks, for which the supporting documentation request from the Department does not appear to have been submitted. The service provided by the Earth Association with the help of volunteers, as provided for in the announcement, is intended to be carried out free of charge with reimbursement of expenses and for such reimbursements
an allocation of approximately 132 thousand euros. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Waste Cycle of the Campidoglio will ascertain whether there are any responsibility for delays in the settlement of refunds. As for the failure to open the parks, the same offices of the
The Capitoline Environmental Protection Department is evaluating the actions to be taken, considering this failure to be interruption of public service».
«This is the capital of Italy?»: the anger on social media
There was an immediate buzz on social media with breaking news and updates. “Good May 1. If you wanted to go for a tour of Villa Pamphilj, I warn you that it is closed! But not only Villa Pamphilj, also 40 other parks throughout Rome – he warns Luca on Facebook – The reason? Hold on tight and fasten your seatbelts. It seems that since December the Municipality of Rome has not reimbursed the volunteers who open and close the gates. This is Rome, the capital of Italy.” “There Municipal is opening the gates near the Bistro», then warns the association Villa Pamphilj dogs. It’s still Isabella: “But really? Closed on May 1st? But congratulations to Gualtieri! Robertohowever, is surprised by the intention to enter the villa despite “the rain and the deluge” and explains that “perhaps the closure is for precautionary purposes…”, but Francy he replies in kind: «Closings due to bad weather or for maintenance work are reported by the Municipality. Here
the reason for the closure is caused by a service interruption
of Earth, communicated 15 days ago, because the municipality did not respect the work of the volunteers”.
