He threatens to set himself on fire on the tram, fear in Viale Michelangelo, what happened – BlogSicilia

A woman blocked the tram and threatened to set herself on fire. It happened in Palermo in the Viale Michelangelo area. The Amat line 3 tram, almost reaching the end of the line, found its road blocked by a blue Fiat Punto on the tracks.

The threat of women

The 73-year-old woman stopped the vehicle to ask for help. She has a drug-addicted son and she can no longer face this drama alone. The passengers got off the carriages and the police and 118 health workers intervened. The woman was rescued but she refused to be admitted to hospital.

The tram in Palermo

The Palermo tram system. A necessary work to strengthen local public transport, but which ended up at the center of numerous controversies several times. The first lines (1 to 4) were inaugurated during the Orlando Administration. Works on which the Lagalla Administration has taken up the baton, not without some modifications. Indeed, to tell the truth, there have already been several changes in plans underway. The latest occurred a few days ago, through the formalization of the addendum to the PUMS. The additions to the Urban Sustainable Mobility Plan of the Municipality of Palermo concerned in particular the “parking plan”, but among the folds of the document it was the new timetable for the tram works that took center stage.

The key theme concerned the division of line A, or the one that was originally supposed to connect the Central Station to the Renzo Barbera stadium. According to what was foreseen in the latest maneuver launched by the Municipal Administration, in the first phase of the works there will only be the part that will connect Piazza Alberigo Gentili to Via Croce Rossa. Practically, the passages on Via Roma and the most central part of Via Libertà have been “removed”.those most opposed by some parts of the civic and political world, especially within the center-right.

Is it all over for this part of line A? At first it might seem that way. In reality, the issue has only been postponed. The remaining section of line A is in fact still present. Maybe not “there in the middle” as in Ligabue’s “Una Vita da Mediano”, but in the last row. A bit like sly students in high school, ready to suddenly wake up when called into question by the teacher. “The last will be first,” say the biblical verses. Maybe this won’t be the case for the remaining section of line A. The fact is that the work is still there. In the end. At the bottom of the tram system’s priorities, but it’s there.