LEGNANO – Once again we find ourselves forced to make statements to deny it imaginative reconstructions of realities that simply do not exist. After the famous buildings that we wanted to demolish at the Manufacture and which it was understood that not us, but the Superintendence had protected with very specific limits, today it is the turn of the trucks that will no longer be able to transport goods within the area Franco Tosi. Just as it is evident that someone, months ago, wanted to play on the passion of the people of Legnano for the history of the former factory, so one wonders whether today others are trying to leverage what the name Franco Tosi arouses in Legnano so as not to recognize the city the one who, in the face of any urban development operation, and therefore of valorisation and increase of its heritage, is due by law.
The City is only asking for new access to the station
Let’s try to clarify: what does the PGT ask of Franco Tosi? He asks for only one public benefit: the creation of a stretch of road that will allow the city to solve a historical problem of Legnano, i.e. more direct access to the station from the south, thus partially freeing Via Alberto da Giussano from traffic. This public utility was also identified to enhance the station itself, identified by the Metropolitan City as an Urban Place of Mobility (Lum) and therefore strategic for the city. If Franco Tosi Meccanica does not want to develop the Transformation Area, everything will remain unchanged and the movement of goods will continue to take place as it does today; if, however, Franco Tosi Meccanica wants to develop the area, then, by law, like any other operator, will have to commit to providing this public utility to the city.
What, therefore, will the property have to give up if it presents an urban development plan for which we are confidently awaiting a project? An area of approximately 1,800 square meters out of a total of 86,670 m2 of the sector, therefore equal to 2% (indicated in yellow in the photo above; to orient yourself, the first building at the top left is the station). On these approximately 1,800 square meters stand today small warehouses, which do not impact the areas for handling goods; therefore a minimum contribution from the private operator to solve a public and historical problem of our city.
The parallel road does not interfere with internal traffic
We are therefore asking Franco Tosi to help the Municipality respond to a need of thousands of citizens of Legnano, users of the railway, creating a parallel road – and we underline parallel – because it does not interfere with the company’s road system and, indeed, can open a further communication route between the factory, the station and the city. We would also like to point out that the observation presented by the owner does not oppose the construction of the road (demonstrating the validity of the objective), but requests that the same also insists on the property of Ferrovie dello Stato, currently affected by rolling stock. The proposal to transfer a part of the road route onto another property, that of Ferrovie, concerns the area of a subject that has nothing to do with the development of the Franco Tosi Meccanica area and it is not acceptable, as well as harmful for Franco Tosi Meccanica itself, because it would tie it to the Railways: in other words the company could not develop its own project without first agreeing with the Railways with a obvious lengthening of times.
From the well-known company surreal print
THEn any case, the door of the municipal administration to talk to the company about development plans it is always open; naturally, provided that the owner does not prefer to use other communication channels with respect to the comparison with administration and offices; certainly noisier channels but completely useless for the realization of any concrete project.
We then found the press note disclosed by the company to specify the non-existence of an agreement between the municipal administration and the Ftm itself surreal since, as is evident from the recording of the session of commission 3 on 16 May (from 1 hour and 15 minutes to 1 hour and 19 minutes), the administration spoke about something completely different, that is, about a clause, the one for the passage of Franco Tosi Meccanica’s vehicles, which is included, as an annex, in the sales deeds with which the Franco Tosi company acquired the areas it currently owns by the liquidator of the old Franco Tosi. Sales deeds, which the company itself should know well, therefore much different than the elusive agreement between Franco Tosi Meccanica and the municipal administration the note talks about. Also in this case, we hope that the discussion can take place in institutional settings and be based on official documentation, an indispensable support for starting a truly constructive dialogue aimed at speak in the appropriate places some real issues on the table.
Lorenzo Radice, mayor of Legnano
Lorena Fedeli, councilor for the future city
legnano francotosi pgt agreements – MALPENSA24
