“An immediate and urgent meeting with the president of the Calabria Region Roberto Occhiuto, who cannot decide not to decide, leaving RFI free rein on a topic of fundamental importance for the overall development of our regional territory such as high speed” . This is the decision taken by the Mayors of the Calabria AV Technical Scientific Committee, who met in Cosenza to share, a note writes, the technical summary document of the analysis work carried out by the technical component of the same committee on the Salerno AV railway project – Reggio Calabria. The meeting, chaired by the mayor of Cosenza Franz Caruso, was attended by the mayors of Castrovillari, Domenico Lo Polito, of Tarsia, Roberto Ameruso, and, delegated by the mayor of Cassano allo Ionio, the councilor for Public Works Leonardo Sposato; Demetrio Festa, Luigi Martirano, Giuseppe Lo Feudo, for the technical component of which prof is also part. Roberto Musmanno. Although absent due to other institutional commitments previously undertaken, the mayors of Acri, Pino Capalbo, and of San Marco Argentano, Virginia Mariotti, also shared the outcome of the meeting.
“From the discussion – it is written in the note – the full agreement on the part of the first citizens of the conclusions of the technical document emerged, which reiterate the mandatory need to carry out the work using the internal route passing through Tarsia and Cosenza”. “The construction of the HS line – it was stated during the meeting – constitutes an unrepeatable opportunity for the economic and social growth of Calabria and for this reason it must be built in the internal territory which allows use by the entire territory of the strip Ionian coast of Calabria, maintaining the barycentric nature of the Cosenza capital. Furthermore, the median route passing through Tarsia would become strategic for traffic flows from Sicily and Calabria itself towards the Adriatic corridor, determining the natural complement to the construction of the Bridge over the Strait. In any case, the choice of route cannot be reduced to a mere technical fact, considering the strategic importance and uniqueness of the work, which concerns the development of the Calabrian territory in the coming decades”. During the meeting, it is written in the note, “strong doubts emerged about the actual desire to carry out the work, also considering the news of defunding of sections of the line, with the real risk that the work will stop in Romagnano without even arriving in Praia”. To this end, the mayor of Cosenza on behalf of the Technical Political Committee AV Calabria “expresses the determined desire to initiate incisive and strong action at the various institutional levels by immediately asking for an immediate discussion with the president of the Calabria Region in order to solicit a strong position taken by the Region to share a common path with incisive actions towards the ministry and RFI itself”.
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