CREMONA – «Difficult days for Cremona when it rains. Dozens and dozens of citizens protested the consequences of the storms. Flooded streets. Underpasses made impassable. Supervision almost non-existent. Chaos in the traffic. Cultural structures put at risk by structural problems that have never been solved which endanger the masterpieces of our pictorial heritage. Unfortunately, this is the legacy left by the decade of the Galimberti Virgilio Council. I truly hope that the people of Cremona have experienced first-hand what has happened in their city in the last few hours; beyond the fact that the storm phenomena were of great importance.” He says it today Alexander Portesanicentre-right candidate in the next local elections in reference to the situation in Cremona after the recent rains.
«Only last December 8, 2023 – explains Portesani – the mayoral candidate for the centre-left, Andrea Virgilio, declared to the local media: “Stop flooding on the ring road. The water will be diverted into the filter forest”. Well, anyone who passed through the ring road yesterday saw the situation: cars literally stuck in a river of water. Difficulty following alternative routes due to the lack of directions. Total chaos. And all this despite Virgilio having promised projects, with Pnrr funds, for Via Monviso and the roundabouts in Via Trebbia which were supposed to avoid flooding. At this point either the projects are wrong or they have not been completed given the situation that has arisen.”
«I myself – adds Portesani – published on my Facebook profile a video that I shot, here too after many reports from citizens, inside the Ala Ponzone Museum. In the room dedicated to the painters of the sixteenth century, buckets and basins have been placed, almost permanently, to collect the water falling from the ceiling which has serious leaks. The walls are soaked in water and with every slightest precipitation the rain pours onto the floors. A large fresco of the Campi has already been moved to another room because there was a serious risk that it would be ruined forever due to humidity. This is the attention with which the Councilor for Culture Luca Burgazzi takes care of the city’s cultural heritage. Not to mention the pigeon guano which is clearly visible at the beginning of the staircase leading to the entrance to our most important collection of paintings” concludes Portesani.
