Two of the three lots for the Campania sea metro were deserted, already on the second attempt
The second attempt by the Campania Region to award public contributions for the activation of sea metro connections, the summer maritime lines with some of its main tourist destinations, is almost a failure.
After the first tender was unsuccessful, the second edition – launched by the organization with some substantial changes, i.e. a more generous contribution, with the activation of services in the summer of 2024 only – ended with a nothing happened for two of the three lots in which the procedure was structured, relating respectively to the Cilento – Capri and Sapri – Capri – Naples Beverello sections, and to the ‘Vesuvian side’, i.e. for connections between Naples and Amalfi, with various intermediate stops.
Only for lot 1 one participant registered, that is to say Alicost. The service concerns a part of the services on the ‘Cilento side’, i.e. for the lines between Salerno and the Cilento coast and between the same city and the Amalfi Coast. The offer of the company, which had already benefited from the contribution for some lines with Cilento in the summer of 2022, however, according to the tender commission, presents some inaccuracies with respect to the administrative documentation, which however can be remedied through preliminary assistance in the next days.
Now the Campania Region will have to provide for the awarding of contributions for the abandoned lots: it will probably be used – as was done, unsuccessfully, last year – to negotiated procedure.
