The meeting of the technical table on dynamic crossing of the Strait, established by the Ministry of Infrastructure to bring order to the flows and costs of transport between Reggio and Messina, took place at Palazzo Alvaro. Coordinated by Admiral Nunzio Martello of the general command of the Port Authority Corps, the working group brings together the highest institutional authorities, bodies and transport companies operating at a local, regional and national level between the two shores.
Present at the meeting were, among others, the deputy mayor of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, Carmelo Versace, Patrizia Scarchilli and Francesca Aielli of the Ministry for Infrastructure, the Mayor of Villa San Giovanni, Giusy Caminiti, Admiral Antonio Ranieri, commissioner of Port Authority of the Strait, the commander of the Port Authority of Messina, Francesco Terranova, Marisa Sangiovanni for RFI, Nunzio Formica for Liberty lines, Giuseppe Marchetti of Caronte&Tourist, Giuseppe Basile and Viviana Fedele for Atam, Massimo Di Gangi and Cinzia Ingratoci Scorciapino of University of Messina.
The meeting served to take stock of the logistics and transport organization of connections between Reggio and Messina and vice versa, also in consideration of the expansion of the flight offer which is affecting the “Tito Minniti” Strait airport of Reggio Calabria.
On this occasion, the agreement between “Caronte&Tourist” and Atam was presented, which has already made available to users the possibility of using the car sharing service in the port area of Villa San Giovanni.
Therefore, the update on the expansion projects and modernization works affecting the Villa San Giovanni and Messina railway stations has arrived from RFI.
Furthermore, there was active collaboration between the participants to structure and implement a questionnaire to be submitted to travelers and which could allow us to investigate the qualitative flow of traffic and thus understand the habits and needs of such modular users. all future choices.
Finally, from the table coordinated by Admiral Martello, the need to establish the Integrated Area of the Strait emerged which could no longer be postponed, considering the great steps forward made by the Metropolitan Cities of Reggio Calabria and Messina and awaiting the respective rulings from the Region Calabria and the Sicily Region.
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