PIEVE DEL GRAPPA (TREVISO) – The Province of Treviso officially inaugurated the safety works and the reopening of the Grappa tunnels on the SP 141: after a first opening on the occasion of the Giro d’Italia, on May 25th, today the municipalities bordering the Monte celebrate the end of the work, worth 1,245,000 euros, financed entirely with their own resources.
The intervention
The intervention, particularly complex due to the altitude (1600 metres) and the very shape of the area (which develops along the steepest south-eastern side of the Grappa massif) made it possible to consolidate the three natural tunnels in the stretch between km 20+500 and km 21+500, as well as improving the road system thanks to the installation of special protective nets to protect motorists, cyclists and pedestrians from falling rocks, a phenomenon which made it necessary to close the road.
In detail, the works involved the static consolidation of the vaults of the three tunnels, dating back to the First World War, through the capture of percolation water with internal drainage and disposal systems, the maintenance, repair and strengthening of the linings at the entrances to the tunnels and the arrangement of the road surface of the dirt road near the “Cason del Sol” mountain hut, located at a distance of approximately 2.5 km from the tunnels.
President Marcon
«Today is a day of celebration for the Province together with the entire community of Monte Grappa – comments Stefano Marcon, president of the Province of Treviso – we promised it, it was a reckless intervention that required courage and perseverance due to the structural (and natural) complexity of the road section, but we finally managed to reopen the tunnels on the SP 141, a very important artery for the area both from a strategic and commercial point of view, as it is in fact the only road capable of connecting tourist-forestry activities pastorals of Grappa. It is precisely for this reason that we wanted to invest, in this extraordinary site of the UNESCO biosphere, over 1 million euros with the Province’s own funds, knowing how much the reopening of the road would mean for the mountain huts, for the surrounding municipalities and for all the citizens and tourists who choose to walk and live an experience in these areas, admiring the scenic beauty, tasting the gastronomic products and finding balance, peace and relief from the frenzy of everyday life up here.”
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