Spotlight on public green spaces this afternoon, in the meeting organized by Forza Italia with the outgoing councillor Federico Fasani, architect, who illustrated the city’s critical issues and the ways in which they could intervene. “Cremona – he said – is one
a city that certainly does not have the problem of a lack of greenery, both urban and extra-urban. In recent years, however, the approach to greenery has been dictated according to quantitative logic, while it is clear that the only correct interpretation is that of qualitative valorisation on an environmental, landscape and social level”.
Davide Sacchetti and Renato Guizzardiboth candidates on the Forza Italia list and for years engaged as voluntary ecological guards in the PLIS of the Po and Morbasco, presented some images of areas of the city, highlighting their limitations and critical issues: “There is a lack of vision and a lack of skills regarding the design, programming and maintenance of urban greenery”, they stated.
Among the problems raised from a design point of view, Viale Po was mentioned: “There is evident confusion in the functional layout of the avenue, with particular reference to the areas dedicated to pedestrians, cycles and parking, the latter
often obtained in residual spaces. Furthermore, there are many dead plants, pollarded and not replaced, as is the evident neglect of the hedges and clearings. In Piazza Roma and in the Montagnole area the entire area has been cordoned off and abandoned for 5 years. An unacceptable condition for a city that aspires to develop its tourist vocation.”
For Forza Italia, “another matrix that determines the current state of neglect of urban greenery is represented by the absence of effective and timely planning of maintenance and replanting interventions, supported by a coherent economic plan. There are hundreds of trees pollarded (cut) at a height of approximately 1.5 metres, and never replaced, despite having been heavy for some time
in the same condition. This negligence not only generates environmental damage (one less plant), but has negative repercussions on the urban landscape, on the decoration and on the use of the city’s spaces. The unseemly images of Via Antica Dogana where abandoned remains of severed trees stand surrounded by dented metal structures, just like those of Via Genala, Piazza Castello and many other city streets, testify to the inability to intervene in a coordinated way.”
There are also criticisms regarding “maintenance, which cannot be conceived as simple mowing of grass and pruning of trees, but must include frequent and structured interventions, in order to maintain full safe usability of the places. Conditions that are not recognisable, for example, in the cycle path that leads to the Ex Parmigiano Forest, where the fence protecting from the watercourse is disconnected and sometimes missing.
Even more serious is the state of abandonment of the Morbasco South park, in the accesses of Via Primo Maggio, where in addition to the trees that have fallen and never been removed, there are large quantities of waste abandoned for a long time”.
Federico Fasani he then highlighted the new methodological approach, proposed by Forza Italia and accepted by the coalition, with respect to the planning and programming of greenery and urban quality, according to three fundamental guidelines: care and integration of the existing green heritage; theming of places, which are given specific functions (e.g. children’s park; grandparents’ park; music park; vegetable garden park; …); naming of the spaces after illustrious personalities from Cremona, enhancing their features characteristics and therefore historical memory.
Alessandro Rossicandidate on the Forza Italia list, illustrated a concrete commitment that the Forza Italia list undertakes to carry out for the valorization of the memory of a famous illustrator of children’s books from Cremona, Tony Wolf, pseudonym of Antonio Lupatelli. “We would like his creations – Pingu, Dragetto, Draguzzo and Pandi among the most famous – enhance a prestigious green area within urban redevelopment projects. We are particularly proud that the family members of this illustrious fellow citizen have welcomed our proposal with favor and enthusiasm, which we would like to be implemented in a reasonably short time by the future Administration”.
Through references to his works, some places in the city could therefore be characterized, giving them authority, thus stemming episodes of degradation and promoting respect for them.
He concluded the event Alessandro Portesani: “We want to invest for better usability and liveability of urban green spaces. This can happen through an integrated valorization of the entire artistic, cultural and environmental heritage of the city of Cremona. The feasibility of these proposals will pass through the identification of an implementing entity with skills and financial capacity such as Aem SpA. For us, the preferred instrument will be that of the competition of ideas open to technicians, artists and designers, according to a transparent collaboration between public and private ”.
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