AVEZZANO – It will be an extremely busy summer season full of public works that the Avezzano Administration will open or for which the work is about to start.
In fact, in the last majority meeting, the focus was on the calendar of works planned by the Di Pangrazio Administration which concern roads, sidewalks, recreational and sports facilities, green areas and many others.
A program full of projects, already completed and which will be inaugurated and opened in the coming weeks, or which will begin with the signing of the contracts and the related assignment and start of the works.
What follows is a sort of timetable developed by the Administration and which provides a precise and concrete idea of what will be opened and achieved in the coming months.
The first appointments are next June 22nd with the opening of the renovated “Dinopark” and July 5th with the inauguration of the Velodrome, completely modernized and redeveloped, a ceremony at which the Undersecretary of the Mise, Fausta Bergamotto, will be present.
It should be underlined that these are only the works on which reflection was focused in the last meeting, while activities continue on other equally important interventions such as, for example, the restyling of Corso della Libertà, as well as the redevelopment of the Stadio dei Pines where, starting from June 24th, the installation of the new 8-lane runway will begin.
PUBLIC WORKS CARRIED OUT
- VELODROME
The date is set: the ribbon cutting will be held on 5 July in the presence of the undersecretary of the MISE Ministry of Economic Development, Fausta Bergamotto. The redevelopment of the municipal velodrome, which is located inside the “Rolando Appolloni” multi-sports centre, is a work that has seen a total investment of 250 thousand euros, of which 150 thousand coming from the channels of Sport and Health, a public company Italian company which deals with the development of sport in Italy, and 100 thousand euros financed with the organisation’s budget funds. The 333.33 meters of runway were subject to renovation works. The internal balustrade and the fence have also been fixed. It will be one of the few in central Italy with these characteristics and the Marsican capital is already working on the other major public work: the covered maxi-velodrome which will also act as a sports hall and concert hall, capable of hosting thousands of spectators.
New roundabout in the northern area of the city, in front of the new IC Mazzini-Fermi school. Road structure which completed the new structure of that area where, in addition to the school, a new road and a car park adjacent to the school were built. The Via Puglie roundabout now completes the safe traffic scheme for the entire quadrant.
Completely new parking area north of Avezzano, near the Santa Maria Goretti church. The area where the Municipality had demolished the dilapidated structure known as the “ex hospital” is thus redeveloped. The car park accommodates 40 vehicles, made of draining asphalt, with differentiated entrance and exit. Inserted in a quadrant where, in addition to Via Don Minzoni and the church, there are schools and numerous important public offices.
- POLISPORTS ARENA (BASKETBALL AND MORE) IN THE PINE FOREST AREA, FITNESS AREA and WINNER TEAM PALA
The fields dedicated to the Vivenza and Pomilio schools (volleyball and basketball) have just been inaugurated with a colorful ceremony attended by the students. The new sports facility, which will be inaugurated shortly, was built in the area adjacent to the Pala Winner Team. It is a 24×12 basketball court, built with the safest and most modern technologies and cutting-edge materials inserted in the pine forest to offer a service for outdoor leisure. The new fitness area with equipment will also be built in the pine forest.
Work also concluded at the Pala Winner Team in Avezzano with new furnishings and services and new technologies for one of the most important sports and recreational facilities in the city.
Games repaired and park expanded with new areas equipped for children’s play. The Dinopark created thanks to the fundamental contribution of the Italsav company of Avezzano has not only returned to operation, after the complex repair of some dinosaurs that required maintenance, but has even expanded its offer towards Avezzano families looking for an equipped and different for their children. It will be inaugurated on Saturday 22 June.
- GARDENS OF VILLA TORLONIA
In September the gardens of the Torlonia Park will be reopened to the public, after the reorganization works and the agreement signed between the municipality and the region which brought the management of the green area to the municipality of Avezzano. Citizens will finally have the opportunity to enjoy one of the most beautiful parks in the city and certainly a place full of historical and identity references on the 19 thousand m2 green area. Agreement reached also thanks to a climate of good relations between the entities which favored the achievement of the result with the availability of councilors Mario Quaglieri and Emanuele Imprudente.
The entire complex is the subject of important works with a Masterplan loan of €4 million and 700 thousand euros received from the Abruzzo Region in the spring of 2017, during Di Pangrazio’s first mandate. Doors wide open for the renovated park while the internal works on the Ex-Granaio Maggiore, Ex-Granaio Minore and the Palazzo del Principe will continue, where work is underway on the complete renovation of the roof, redevelopment of the facades and fixtures, and arrangement of the adjacent external areas the palace.
NEW CONSTRUCTION SITE
- VIA AQUILA UNDERPASS
Seismic adaptation and safety intervention necessary and awaited for years for which the municipality obtained 1 million and 250 thousand euros from the Ministry. the construction site started on Wednesday 12 May with the aim of constructing the upper part of the underpass, which is more complex to rearrange, in the summer months, with schools closed and traffic less intense. This is to limit the inconvenience for motorists and citizens in general.
- VIA DON MINZONI UNDERPASS (EX. VIA ALBENSE)
Another intervention recipient of PNRR funds of 1 million and 95 thousand euros. The municipality has planned to have it started two weeks from the construction site in via Aquila. On the one hand, in fact, we want to try to avoid as much as possible dividing the city in two for a significant period (no less than 6 months of work is expected). On the other hand, however, the municipality must complete the work within the stringent and mandatory deadlines of the PNRR.
The start of the construction site of the historic unfinished building unblocked by the Di Pangrazio administration after 20 years of stagnation and problems is on the agenda in the first half of July. A project worth 6 million and 709 thousand euros of works, 8 million of economic framework (5 deriving from PNRR funds) for 6 floors and 192 workstations which must become, according to the administration’s projects, a symbol of redemption and urban regeneration for the entire Pulcina neighborhood. The 9300 square meter building will be totally redeveloped also thanks to the positive closure of the dispute that had dragged on for years with IRIM. A challenging job carried out by the city councilors and councilors which had a turning point thanks to the substantial funding intercepted by the administration through the PNRR channels (Mission 5, “Investments in urban regeneration projects”). To these resources, another two and a half million were added, made available by the Municipality itself and another 651 thousand euros obtained more recently for adjustments to market costs. The design idea aims to create a visual dialogue between the symbolic place of the city and the mountains that embrace the Avezzano area and which are reflected with their original skyline outside the building itself. The change of pace will be visible starting from the entrance, with a spacious hall consisting of a front office, a waiting room and three offices, plays of light on the walls, digitalisation of work spaces, energy efficiency measures (thermal coat, thermally insulated ventilated wall and 48 kW photovoltaic system on the roof), as well as eliminated architectural barriers. All for a work that will become central in the administrative life of citizens.
- NEW NURSERY IN VIA FUCINO AND NURSERY IN VIA PERTINI
This also derives from PNRR funds (2 million and 640 thousand euros) intercepted by the municipality. It will be a cutting-edge and very important structure for local families. The historic elementary school that has given so much to the city and the population, even during the Covid emergency, becoming a real vaccination center, will be demolished and rebuilt. In its place, a nursery will be created capable of hosting 60 children.
The nursery school in via Pertini will host 120 children. Modern, spacious and bright, it will be built thanks to a loan of 3 million 500 thousand euros. The works will start in September in parallel with the construction site in via Fucino.
- BERNARDO BEAR NURSERY
Historic structure in the center of the city which had been abandoned for years and which will return to host children thanks to a loan of one and a half million euros from PNRR funds. It will be a modern, bright structure, surrounded by a vast garden and made with materials with reduced environmental impact, capable of hosting 40 children.
- VIA XX SETTEMBRE ROUNDABOUT – CARUSCINO DISTRICT ENTRANCE
A fundamental work to improve traffic on the city’s busiest artery and improve the entrance to the populous neighbourhood. The municipality has essentially reached an agreement with private individuals for the expropriations and decided to move the roundabout a few meters towards the city center to build it where the road section is flatter, with a lower slope and therefore lower costs. The start of the construction site is scheduled for August.
