The expropriation issue continues to hold sway. The info points that the Strait of Messina has set up at the Palacultura to provide all the useful information to citizens were taken by storm. The times, as clarified by the administrator of the Strait of Messina Pietro Ciucci, will be long and no one will find themselves away from home overnight.
Easement and temporary occupations: how to interpret the expropriation table for the Bridge
The National Unitary Union of Tenants and Assignees also intervenes on the topic, focusing on the economically weaker groups.
“The question of expropriations linked to the construction of the Bridge over the Strait has taken on an increasingly central role in recent days. The focus of the debate was mainly placed on expropriations in the areas of Capo Peloro and surrounding areas where, in past years, many even luxury homes intended mainly for holidays. This has given rise to the detractors of the No Ponte movement to claim that the private interests of the owners of villas or even second or third homes are driving the protest, but this is evidently not the case that the partiality of this narrative is functional to weaken the harsh dispute that has been engaged in for years not only by the inhabitants of the territories concerned; on the contrary, from the examination of the project a fact emerges – hitherto overlooked – and that is that approximately 450 houses will be involved and buildings, on both sides of the strait, in which a population belonging to different income groups lives. And those who pay the highest price, if the work goes ahead, will be the most economically fragile groups who risk losing the accommodation in which they live. live, areas in which there are popular buildings (mainly in the southern area of the city) and small non-valuable residential buildings would also be expropriated”.
“But the expropriation alarm has also diverted attention from other collateral damage which may be worse than the expropriations themselves: there are hundreds and hundreds of people who will suffer damage without having anything in return. We are referring to homes in the areas of construction sites or close to the construction sites themselves, which will suffer damage of varying severity from prolonged noise pollution to damage to structures and systems. The entire population will suffer the inconveniences of cities reduced to construction sites for a long time and not only will the aesthetic aspects be negatively affected. and landscape but also the material conditions of people’s lives. For these reasons, SUNIA supports and stands alongside the population and in particular the most fragile ones who, without being adequately considered, risk suffering serious housing problems”.
