In recent days the “Piacenza Parcheggi” tow truck was helped by another tow truck due to a mechanical problem. Some people from Piacenza noticed the episode and reported it to “Piacenza Memes”, the well-known satirical page, what happened. From that moment on in the city, the company that manages the removal service (as well as all paid parking) struggles to carry out its role. The councilor reports it Luca Zandonella (Lega), which highlights yet another disservice caused by the company itself towards citizens. Among other things, the vehicle available to the Piacenza company that intervenes in place of “Piacenza Parcheggi” is unsuitable in some situations, as it does not have forks that can move the vehicles to remove them.
«The forced removal service – recalls Zandonella – must be carried out by the contractor Gps-Piacenza Parcheggi following the 2012 contract. According to the contract, two tow trucks must be available during weekdays, a pity that it would appear that for many months one of the tow truck would not pass the inspection and is currently not usable. The second one has been broken for several days and therefore there are no tow trucks available. For this reason, GPS-Piacenza Parcheggi turns to a third-party company to carry out the forced removal when requested by the Local Police, but there are several problems.”
«The intervention times – underlines the Northern League member Zandonella – are often not immediate and there have been numerous cases where it is necessary to wait over thirty minutes, in this way, the Local Police patrol remains extremely blocked on the intervention, removing it from other control services of the city, to the detriment of safety in the city. The means that often intervenes to make up for GPS deficiencies is a means that is not completely suitable for all removal situations that may arise and in some cases cannot carry it out. If two removal requests occur at the same time, to date in Piacenza we are not able to deal with them.”
Thus the representative of the Northern League addresses the mayor Katia Tarasconi and the council. «Is the Administration aware of these problems? What do you intend to do to resolve them? What still needs to happen for the Municipality to intervene properly towards the awardee of this contract, to defend the people of Piacenza who have to suffer these inefficiencies?”.
