“32.8 million for the efficiency of water networks”

“Good news for Calabria. Arrical and Sorical, the implementing body, were awarded 32.8 million euros from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan for the efficiency of water distribution networks. Just today the decree of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport was issued which assigns the Pnrr resources of the third time window“. As Roberto Occhiutopresident of Calabria region. “Our Region, as you will remember, was excluded from the first two windows of the tenders and in 2021 it had lost over 100 million euros because the former Calabria Water Authority had presented a project deemed ineligible. This time, however, it went differently: the Arrical reform, with Sorical as the implementing body, allowed Calabria to participate in the new MIT tender and to enter among the beneficiaries of European investments. The project financed by Pnrr funds concerns the efficiency of the water distribution networks of the third-size municipalities of the Region (6-10 thousand inhabitants)“, remarks Occhiuto.

“21 cities will be affected – Roccella Ionica, Polistena, Cittanova, Casali del Manco, Melito Porto Salvo, Bagnara Calabra, Belvedere Marittimo, Petilia Policastro, Bovalino, Trebisacce, Fuscaldo, Rizziconi, Cariati, Caulonia, Gioiosa Ionica, Spezzano Terme, Praia a Sea, Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, Cinquefrondi, Strongoli, San Lucido – inhabited by approximately 164 thousand Calabrians. We are really satisfied with the result achieved”concludes Occhiuto.