“The coach has performed another sporting miracle. There are many things for which we are proud to be first in the rankings. We are less happy about waiting 7 years for the new stadium, there are so many organizations that have to have their say one after the other. Now one is missing, I think it is the one on environmental impact assessment. These are long delays that become frustrating.” This is how the president spoke Cagliari Thomas Giulini immediately after the salvation victory at Sassuolo. Joy and annoyance mixed together almost strangely in the afternoon in Reggio Emilia. This bears witness to a partly deteriorated relationship between club leaders, bureaucracy and politics. However, the establishment of the new municipal council in Cagliari could soon lead to new developments. As well as the delivery of the company’s latest documents before the ruling by the Region’s Environment Department. In a trial that could soon turn into a definitive agreement.
New phase
“Stadium? We care, the evaluation of the economic and financial plan presented by the Cagliari Calcio club is currently underway. This document is for the attention of the Government, the technicians of the Sardinia Region and the Municipality of Cagliari. Our commitment on the topic is there“. A few hours after learning of his victory in the municipal elections, Massimo Zedda this is how he expressed himself to our microphones on the topic. Thus ensuring care on an issue that has become increasingly central to the political balance of the capital over time, as also demonstrated by the last year experienced by the council led by former mayor Paolo Truzzu. With the last few months having seen a convergence between the majority and the opposition which had given the rossoblù fans and the club hope. Then the arrival of the electoral rounds between the Region and the Municipality led to a decrease in the pace. Now there seems to be space for one to open new phase.
Moment
Through the pages of The Sardinian Union, the board member of Cagliari Stefano Signorelli clarified that the club tomorrow, Monday 17 June, will deliver the documentation with the additions to the project requested by the Environment Department for the release of the Single Regional Authorization Planor the Paur, al Common. The process therefore seems ready to restart, with a ping-pong between the Municipality and the Region which will lead up to the vote for the confirmation of the work as an act of public interest and the subsequent international tender. In the middle, the formalization of Paur by Via Roma through a resolution and first of all the decision-making services conference which could be called by the Municipality as early as the summer. However, Signorelli also clarified how the economic-financial plan will have to be updated following the additions, with a cost of approximately 8-10 million for additional work in the San Bartolomeo area. Funds that the club hopes public bodies will put on the table. However, it remains to be seen whether this innovation could lead to further extensions in terms of time. And whether the necessary funds would confirm the congruity between the allocation already made and the expenditure. However, in the background remains above all the infrastructural issue and the changes in the urban planning that the new works should bring. Much of the capital’s electoral campaign focused on the issue of construction sites. It is true that at least a year could pass between putting pen to paper and starting work. But in order to respect the scheduled times, without neglecting the Euro2032 objective, and the prerogatives that the new Zedda course seems to have given itself, it will be essential that the works already started in other areas of the city do not extend further. And thus avoid new problems on a general level and in coexistence with construction sites from arising.
Matteo Cardia
