Marina di Pietrasanta (Lucca), 25 June 2024 – Everywhere the seaside activity started by 1 June, with supervision required from 15 June, as per the municipal regulation. Not to the bathroom”Compass“, which continues to be used as a free beach amid complaints, waste, degradation and risks for those who dive into the sea. A case, already raised days ago on these pages, which is also being dealt with Port Authority of Viareggio, intent on getting to the bottom of a situation that is surreal. One of the two: “Does the concession still exist, and therefore the missed obligations will have to be sanctioned, or has the judicial dispute between owners and former managers frozen everything?”.
This is the crossroads that sees the Captaincy engaged on two fronts. On the one hand, field checks carried out by the staff, also collecting reports from neighboring factories to detect any elements of discrepancy, on the other, a check with the Municipality offices in order to resolve the puzzle. Maximum attention is paid, with assessments and controls focused on bathing safety. Also because the surveillance obligation is triggered only when the plant is open. But at “Bussola” it still hasn’t been understood who manages what. Therefore the priority of the Port Authority is to have a clear perception of whether it is an active concession or not. And act accordingly.
In the meantime, yet another invasion of the weekend, muffled this time by the uncertain weather, led the Versilia Sea Consortium to place red flags and signs with the words, in five languages (Italian, English, German, French and Spanish), “Attention, bathing is prohibited safe due to lack of rescue service”. Bathroom headaches”The fisherman“, bordering to the south, are daily. “More than a free beach, like in Motrone – the owner Luca Stefani vents – the ‘Bussola’ beach is abandoned. Hordes of bathers who we have to warn with the whistle every time they dive in. Chaos, abandoned waste, dangers for the remaining debris there since the winter since no one has cleaned the 80 meters in front of the ‘Bussola’. Our customers who bought an umbrella at the border are very annoyed: if I lose them, who will I have to do with it?”.
