Ok from Cipess, half a billion in the Marche: the turbo for roads and economy

Over half a billion euros for the Marche region, green light for the unitary program of interventions on the regional territory for infrastructural, economic and social development. In total we are talking about 532 million euros, many of which will be allocated to improving the region’s roads. Today, during the meeting of the Cipess (Interministerial Committee for economic planning and sustainable development) chaired by the Prime Minister and in the presence of the President of the Region, Francesco Acquaroli, the disbursement of the resources relating to the agreement signed on Last October 28th in Acqualagna. The agreement unlocks a total of 532.5 million euros, between the resources of the 2021-27 Development and Cohesion Fund (around 333.6 million euros), which are allocated to infrastructure works, and the resources of the Revolving Fund, equal to approximately 154.3 million euros, intended for other sectors: businesses, tourism, culture, social inclusion, education and training, plus other ordinary national resources equal to 44.5 million.

With these funds the Region will be able to address some of the many emergencies and priorities that are fundamental for socio-economic and infrastructural development. The half billion euros will make it possible to improve both traffic and relaunch the production system. The Region’s strategic choice in reference to the 2021-27 FSC funds (333.6 million euros) was to focus mainly on transport networks, with a concentration of approximately 68% of the resources allocated to the construction and completion of roads and on the full usability of the ports. There are 16 interventions.

There are, in particular the works on Foothills of the Marche, which will allow the development of an alternative road network to that on the coast.

As part of the connection between the Statale Adriatica and the E78, interventions are concentrated on the Fossombrone-Pergola sections (50 million euros), on the Serra Sant’Abbondio-Cagli (40 million euros) and on the Carpegna-Lunano (27 million euro), and for the update of the Fabriano Est – Sassoferrato section project (5 million euro).

Other works: interventions to connect the Lungotenna to the A14 (24 million euros), link road between the Val di Chienti highway and the Adriatica state road (26 million euros) and the variations to the Adriatica state road in Fano (30 million euros ) and Porto Potenza (11 million euros). Also planned is the Villa Potenza – Sambucheto connection (30 million euros); Mare-Monti, construction of the Molini Conceria bypass (provincial road 219) (15 million euros); the modernization of the road system on the Mezzina (11.1 million euros); extraordinary maintenance for dredging works in the port of Fano (2.5 million euros); dredging and completion works foreseen in the PRP of the port of Senigallia (2.5 million euros); the expansion of the SR502 Jesi-Cingoli site (13 million euros); the modernization of the 433 Val d’Aso highway (3 million euros); the Montecchio – Rio Salso bypass (5 million euros). Funds are allocated for roads for the San Claudio hospital in Campiglione di Fermo (28.2 million euros) and for the access roads to the new Ancona-South Aspio hospital structure (7 million euros). Finally, 3 million euros will go to technical assistance for the agreement.

As regards the allocation of the Revolving Fund (154.3 million euros), interventions relating to economic, social and territorial cohesion objectives have been envisaged, but not included in the traditional ERDF and ESFeplus programming, such as for example interventions to support quality and inclusive tourism or to support the culture sector: strategic elements for the relaunch and strengthening of the territory, as well as interventions to support the entrepreneurial fabric and safeguard employment which were not strictly referable to the FSEplus programming.

The rotation fund is instead intended for around 60 interventions in different sectors: revitalization of the socio-economic fabric of local communities together with recovery, redevelopment and valorisation activities of the villages and historic centers of the Marche; integrated protection and valorisation of cultural and natural attractions, enhancing regional tourism capacity; strengthening and structuring the systems and networks of places of culture in the territory; economic support for integrated development projects implemented by businesses and cooperatives; active policy actions aimed at aiding hiring, as well as the activation of specific financial instruments to support business creation; Actions for the adaptation of workers and businesses to changes in the world of work such as: training actions for workers, stabilization aid measures, paths and projects for safety at work; Actions to support active inclusion such as: help with the hiring of individuals belonging to disadvantaged categories including the long-term unemployed, contributions paid to social territorial areas for disabilities, educational services for minors and support for non-self-sufficient elderly people.

The distribution between the thematic areas of the Revolving Fund: 37.5 million euros for the transport sector (roads and ports), 51.5 million euros for competitiveness and businesses in the tourism sector, 11.9 million euros for cultural activities, 3.4 million euros for competitiveness and industrial/artisan and cooperative enterprises, 25.8 million euros for the development of employment and work, 13.9 million euros for education and training, 9.6 million euros for interventions within the social and health care for the vulnerable, 600 thousand euros of technical assistance.