“The municipal administration’s decision to extend for another season, until 30 October 2024, the concession of the “Park Club” area to a private company, “Gest. Maggi Srl”, despite the expiry of the previous assignment being scheduled for May 31st. As is known, in fact, following a specific procedure, the area was given under concession to the current manager in 2022, against the payment of a negligible fee, equal to only 5,000 euros per year”.
“And so the municipal administration, despite having been perfectly aware, for two years, of the expiry date of the concession of a very attractive municipal area, close to the sea and the coast, has not prepared itself in time to announce a new public procedure for the new assignment, but it was reduced to the last moment, a few days before the start of the summer season, to extend the assignment to the previous manager, citing completely non-existent reasons”.
“We wonder why the Municipality of Molfetta did not launch a new public tender procedure within the scheduled time, avoiding an extension until the end of October which appears unjustified, given that there was plenty of time to launch the new tender correctly. Then the legal representative of “Gest. Maggi Srl” was also a candidate on one of the lists in support of the current mayor, Tommaso Minervini, only increases our doubts about a decision which, in our opinion, appears very questionable”.
“Among other things, we cannot fail to take this opportunity to highlight how the Municipal Coastal Plan continues to be missing in our city, which represents the main tool for adequately managing, controlling and monitoring the entire municipal coastal territory, paying particular attention to preserving free, public and free access for citizens to our most precious resource, the sea. And so, just as municipalities close to us, like Bisceglie, celebrate their “Blue Flag” for the umpteenth year, demonstrating how it is possible, with daily work, enhance its territory and relaunch it by attracting tourists, Molfetta continues to stand out for its approximation and inability to manage its potential, continuing to lose ground towards other nearby cities”.
“This is also why it is time to change and give Molfetta a new perspective of growth and development.”
