On Monday 13 May, in Forlì, at the headquarters of the Romagna Chamber of Commerce, a meeting was held on fundamental infrastructures for the territory and to make companies in the provinces of Forlì-Cesena and Rimini more competitive. An opportunity for discussion with the national and regional government in which they participated Galeazzo BignamiDeputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport e Andrea CorsiniCouncilor for Tourism, Transport, Infrastructure and Commerce of the Emilia-Romagna Region.
Carlo Battistinipresident of the Romagna Chamber of Commerce, opened the proceedings with a speech in which he underlined the importance of infrastructure, an asset that directly affects the development, competitiveness, attractiveness, inclusion and cohesion of the territory, businesses and people.
They then intervened, Paola Garroneprofessor of industrial economics at the Polytechnic of Milan and Giovanni Mulazzani, researcher in administrative law at the University of Bologna, who presented “Subsidiarity and… governance of infrastructure”, the Report of the Foundation for Subsidiarity.
Emanuele Burionidirector of APT Emilia-Romagna, in his speech illustrated the digital twin on tourism industry data whose monitoring allows us to address priorities, including infrastructural ones, and is a key value for long-term development and sustainability, in collaboration with the Romagna Chamber of Commerce.
Giuseppe FabbriManaging Director Sampierana spa – CNH Industrial e Riccardo MantovaniGroup Chief HR Officer Sag Group, brought the voice of businesses by addressing the topic of logistics and infrastructure for competitiveness and underlining the specific critical issues of hilly territories.
The Councilor for Tourism, Transport, Infrastructure and Commerce, Emilia-Romagna Region, Andrea Corsinireiterated the effective collaboration of the Region with the Government for the completion of the works, also intervening in support of the planning and recalled the important interventions by the Prit. He concluded the meeting Galeazzo BignamiDeputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, announcing that the Government included the design of the section between Ravenna and Mestre of the E45 in the program contract with Anas and financed the first section of the high-speed line of the Adriatic backbone between Bologna and Rimini with 3.6 billion. Furthermore, he also announced that the definition of the Simplified Logistics Zone for Emilia-Romagna is nearing completion.
“Italy is located in a strategic geographical position, at the center of the Mediterranean and Emilia-Romagna, a hub for mobility since ancient times, is today a region that is firmly positioned at the top of the national level for growth of wealth and which therefore has a great capacity to multiply the effects of investments. In this particular framework, the analysis of the main positioning indicators of our Region, as shown in the White Paper on Uniontrasporti and Unioncamere Emilia-Romagna infrastructures, recalls the need for an analysis of the data from which to start to correctly identify the choices on which bet. And this is particularly true for Romagna which highlights a positioning of the summary indicator of the three provinces in the medium-low part of the ranking, with indices to be improved especially with regards to the railway and logistics systems – declared Carlo Battistini, president of the Romagna Chamber of Commerce –. As part of the infrastructural priorities for Romagna and, specifically, for the provinces of Forlì-Cesena and Rimini, for which the Chamber of Commerce has a strategy to support the competitiveness of the territory, the vision is that of the vast Romagna area and therefore not linked to provincial and local particularism, but with interventions in collaboration with the relevant public bodies and trade associations. Close collaboration and a common vision are in fact an element of strength and an essential driving force. With this meeting we therefore wanted to bring to the attention of the Government and Region the strategic objectives for our territory, first of all, the completion of the section from Ravenna to Mestre of the E45 and the strengthening of the railway line between Bologna and Rimini, through the construction of a high-speed line. In addition to these strategic objectives, after the catastrophic events that have hit the territory in the current year, it is also necessary to include hydrogeological safety interventions and those for the safety of road connections in the valleys and for the municipalities among the priorities. hilly and mountainous and their fractions. The Chamber of Commerce participates in the public discussion for the strategic infrastructure of the territory and for businesses, with an approach oriented towards data analysis, with particular reference to the partnership with APT for tourist flows. It also promotes the culture of subsidiarity which introduces a dimension of “widespread responsibility” towards the common good. A decisive methodological factor in the governance of infrastructure as it focuses on constructive and transparent dialogue between local communities and central administrations”.
The main 2023 data on flows crossing Romagna, with medium-term variations (2023-2018) where available
- 153,480 vehicles passed through the FC and RN motorway toll booths “daily”, of which 123,191 light and 30,289 heavy (respectively, +1.9%, +0.9% and +6.1%);
- 25,024,612 vehicles exiting at motorway toll booths overall in Romagna (+0.5%);
- 19,880 vehicles passed “daily” on the SS3bis/E45 (location located between Borello and Mercato Saraceno), of which 16,915 light and 2,965 heavy (respectively, -1.3%, -0.4% and -6.1%);
- 205,205 passengers arrived (+34.7% on 2022) and 205,297 passengers departed (+34.3% per year) at/from the airports of Forlì and Rimini;
- 1,702 planes arrived (+26.4% on 2022) and 1,700 planes departed (+26.3% per year) to/from the airports of Forlì and Rimini;
- 25,503,131 tonnes of goods moved in the port of Ravenna, of which 22,108,488 “IN” and 3,394,643 “OUT” (respectively, -4.4%, -3.1% and -12.1%);
- 6,347,233 arrivals and 26,618,524 presences in the hotel and complementary facilities of Romagna (in order, -0.9% and -6.1%);
- 61,535 arrivals and 575,036 presences in private non-business accommodation (including Airbnb) in Romagna (in order, +84.9% and +12.1%);
- 10,436 million euros of imported goods and 13,308 million euros of exported goods in the Romagna area (respectively, +42.4% and +24.7%).
Rail passenger traffic – 2022 data (latest updated)
- 36,157 passengers boarded at internal stations in Emilia-Romagna on the Bologna – Ancona railway line
- 5,789 passengers on the Rimini – Ferrara line (via Ravenna)
- 4,444 on the Bologna – Rimini line (via Ravenna), for a passenger load which in the capital stations of Romagna (Forlì, Cesena, Ravenna and Rimini) stands on average at 11.4 thousand per day (survey carried out between November and December 2022 on working hours).
In the photo from left to right: Giovanni Mulazzani, researcher in administrative law at the University of Bologna, Paola Garrone, professor of industrial economics at the Polytechnic of Milan, Galeazzo Bignami, deputy minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Carlo Battistini, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Romagna and Andrea Corsini, Councilor for Tourism, Transport, Infrastructure and Commerce, Emilia-Romagna Region
