Monza. The delicate question of Monza S.Alessandro junction “represents one of the most critical nodes from the infrastructural and environmental impact point of view that Serravalle and the Lombardy Region must face in respect for environmental protection and of health of citizens”. The regional councilor of the PD said this on Tuesday 7 May Gigi Pontifollowing the response that Undersecretary Piazza provided to the question for immediate response (IQT – 1090), filed by the councilor Martina Sassolilast May 2nd.
S.Alessandro junction, the topic in the Region. Ponti: “Projects with different critical issues”
“Based on the response provided – continues Ponti – it is clear that the Lombardy Region, in the end, defines for itself the simple role of financing entity linked to the sum: 40 million euroswhich will not undergo changes compared to those changes that will be made Instead necessarybecause it is fundamental give this infrastructure with less impact on the territory, given its proximity to a school and an entire neighborhood.” Once the games are over, it will now inevitably be up to the Commission responsible to formulate the STREET (Environmental Impact Assessment), having to pronounce what according to the dem councilor “is a design problem which in my opinion could have been evaluated before the approval of the project”.
Gigi Ponti
According to what themunicipal administrationthe project proposal drawn up by Milano Serravalle would not take some of them into account indications provided by the municipality of Monza as early as 2022, with the aim of building the connection completely in the tunnel. On the contrary, LThe project promoted by the company appears to present several critical issuesespecially in the environmental and land consumption fields, as the Municipality highlighted with an opinion of 16 June 2023. Problems then supported by the EIA Subcommitteethat with opinion 767/2023 explicitly recalled what the Municipality had already observed.
Ponti: “The infrastructure risks having a heavy impact on the territory”
Ponti concludes: “I can only hope that they will be formulated in the end punctual indications to protect health and quality of life as requested by the municipal administration of Monza. For this reason I will continue to follow the developments of the environmental impact assessment considering that this infrastructure seriously risks having a serious impact on a already fragile territory as is that of Brianza”.
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