In one of the recent interventions regarding Ztl, the mayor of Terni Stefano Bandecchi sent journalists to hell, urged doctors to pay to have access to the limited traffic zone and regarding who manages the service (Terni Reti) he spoke of a company created to waste time and steal money from the citizens of Terni, arousing the indignation of the unions: «No – reply Filcams Cgil, Fisascat Cisl and Uiltucs Uil – to political battles that denigrate work. The workers of Terni Reti demonstrate every day
professionalism and competence and cannot be mortified by extemporaneous statements that do not take into account the dignity of the work carried out”.
Bandecchi The unions remind the administration that the agreements between the Municipality and the company are the result of decisions taken within the City Council. In the signed agreements – they write in a note – it has always been agreed on the need to guarantee maximum flexibility in the organization and performance of the company’s services, in order to make them immediately efficient and effective, as required by the Industrial Plan, in respect for the expectations of the municipal administration and citizens and it is with this spirit of maximum collaboration that trade union relations were established”.
Terni networks The three acronyms also remind us that «the Ztl was not defined to ‘guarantee the service to the employees of Terni Reti’ as carelessly stated, but rather for a need shared by the political forces to provide answers in terms of quality of urban living. In the recent past, in many areas of the country – Filcams Fisascat and Uiltiucs underline – the choice was made to completely close the historic centers to urban traffic. Terni has adopted a policy that has limited part of the city to traffic, allowing citizens access to most urban streets. According to the union, the historic center should be seen as an urban settlement structure that constitutes ‘cultural unity and identity'”.
Ztl Terni «The development of urban areas in city government policies – we read further in the note – passes through the definition of projects for environmental redevelopment, but also of a real offer between different activities, not only commercial. We ask – they conclude – for careful reflection on the municipal companies, rejecting statements that have the flavor of a political battle, which becomes dignified only if it does not denigrate the work that Terni Reti employees carry out with commitment”.
