In Sicilythey will come 92 million euros per build water infrastructure essential. This funding is the first step in a 1.6 billion euro plan which comprises 49 projects in the Water Plan of the Sicilian Region.
The plan, approved by the Ministry of Infrastructure, is part of the National plan for water sector safety (Pnsii). The aim of the plan, which sees the participation of President Schifani, is to improve primary water supplyprevent the Droughtstrengthen and adapt the infrastructureincrease resilience to climate change and reduce losses of water by improving distribution networks.
In the Plan, the Class A interventions are the priority ones. Among these, there are projects to automate, control, model and monitor the supra-area drinking water infrastructure, with an expected cost of 50 million euros. In addition, the construction of the link road between the San Leo reservoir and the water treatment plant of the roomwith a budget of 11.7 million euros, entrusted to Siciliacque spa. The Land Reclamation Consortium 9 of Catania will be responsible for the Replacement of the metal pipeline on the Simeto river in Ponte Barca, with a cost of 23.4 million eurosand the extraordinary maintenance of the floodgates of the Contrasto dam for irrigation, valued at 48.8 million euros.
President Schifani declares: “with this first tranche of funding we will immediately put into action some of the works planned to address a phenomenon that is hitting our Island hard. This is just the beginning of the mass of interventions that we have foreseen in the Plan that the Region has finally equipped itself with for the first time with a systemic overall vision. Now we move on to the operational phase, with the regional structures committed to implementing what is planned without delay. We will ensure that Sicilian citizens and entrepreneurs can have concrete answers as soon as possible to fill the long-standing gaps in our water system”.
