Signage has been prepared in Catania and physical barriers have been arranged to protect pedestrians to make the pedestrianization plan of Piazza Federico II di Svevia and the road plan of the areas surrounding the Ursino Castle effective and functional, as desired by the municipal council led by the mayor, Enrico Trantino , starting from the morning of Sunday 16 June.
To celebrate the event on Sunday evening starting from 8pm in the square of the Federician manor there will be a free musical concert presented by the comedian Gino Astorina and with the contribution offered by artists from Catania: I Lautari, Mario Venuti, Rita Botto, Eleonora Bordonaro, the orchestra of the Angelo Musco Institute, directed by Daniele Zappalà, who with Gino Astorina accepted the mayor’s invitation. For the occasion, the Circumetnea Railway, responding to an explicit request from the mayor, arranged for the last subway run to be made at 1 am, a method which from next week will become stable on the evenings of every Friday and Saturday.
To make it easier to use the vast pedestrian area of Piazza Federico di Svevia, two zones have been determined: one with a 24-hour ban on cars and another with the closure to traffic limited to the evening and night hours on weekdays without limits. Pedestrian opening hours only on public holidays and Sundays. The municipal administration has also reserved around 400 parking spaces in the surrounding areas and the Amts will guarantee a shuttle bus in the evening hours to connect the R1 car park in via Plebiscito and the neighboring Piazza Vaccarini (79 stalls) with Piazza Federico II di Svevia. Furthermore, at the disposal of the council, the activation of telematic access control with cameras will take place with the installation of eight electronic gates.
