The meeting “More trees in Cremona” was held Tuesday evening at Civic 81 and it was an opportunity to talk about the green politics of the mayoral candidate Andrew Virgil.
“The design of spaces and green areas – explained Virgilio – tells the vision we have of a city. It is the answer we want to give to the need to create increasingly livable urban contexts, which are true green lungs within the inhabited areas. For this reason, green policy must increasingly be a functional element and not just pure aesthetics. The result we start from is important. We remembered this during the meeting ‘More trees in Cremona’, organized by the Cremona si Pu laboratory, which was held on Tuesday evening at Civico 81”.
The mayoral candidate added: “Cremona is first in Lombardy for the number of plants per 100 inhabitants and second in Italy out of 105 provincial capitals, as confirmed by the ‘Urban Ecosystem’ study by Legambiente and Ambiente Italia. We have 260 hectares of municipal green areas and, from 2024, more than 80 thousand plants in urban areas. In recent years the green heritage has grown and, to protect it, the city has equipped itself with a Municipal Urban Green Regulation (RCdV) and the Municipal Green Plan (PCdV), two tools that will allow all activities to be planned and monitored” .
“Now it is first and foremost a question of strengthening the investments made – continued Virgilio -, especially in terms of maintenance, in light of the major redevelopments that will affect some city parks such as Piazza Giovanni XXIII, Piazza Lodi, Parco del Vecchio Passeggio, Parco Tognazzi, Parco Sartori . But, at the same time, to give a greater ‘green’ connotation to the city, we must give shape to the implementation projects of the Green Plan. The priority will be the creation of new tree-lined avenues and plantings around the city walls and along the entire perimeter of the ring road”.
Precisely regarding the ring road, here are Virgilio’s ideas: “We want to imagine a ring road surrounded by plants: a natural shield capable of absorbing fine dust and acting as a sound-absorbing barrier. We will create new wooded areas with a strong environmental and naturalistic value, both in the coastal part of the Po river and in the Morbasco area, we will encourage donations of trees by all city associations, we will extend the ‘Tree Museum’ from the Vecchio Passeggio park to all the gardens of the historic center. Green areas are vital spaces available to everyone and for everyone. In order for them to be welcoming and responsibly used places, we will invite citizens to participate more actively in the administration’s choices and in the development of projects through the Green Council, also strengthening collaborations with associations and educational agencies to also involve the new generations ”.
To close, the mayoral candidate Virgilio touched on the topic of land consumption: “Environmental sustainability is also closely linked to land consumption: new green areas can arise from a ‘de-waterproofing’ of some soils, removing asphalt and concrete surfaces through regeneration interventions. An example could be the Technological Pole sector which currently has no green areas. Finally, we cannot forget our campaign. Talking about green policies cannot ignore the valorisation of the farms. The objective will be to design a territorial marketing network that protects all economic, historical and cultural interests linked to the rural world”.
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