“Stop i dam works it would mean stopping the development of Liguria, of our territory and the competitiveness of Italy. The work must continue at full speed according to the timetable.” These are the words with which the deputy prime minister and minister of transport and infrastructure, Matteo Salviniannounced his and the government’s intention to continue with the project of realization of breakwater of Genoa. The investigations involving the president of the Liguria Region, John Totitherefore they do not block the construction sites which were also financed by the Liguria Regional Council with 57 million euros.
Salvini: “The Genoa dam project continues”
During Question time in the Chamber, the Minister of Transport Salvini reported that the Genoa dam project will go on to add that “if someone made a mistake it is right that they pay, but the investigations in Genoa as in Bari cannot stop Italy and therefore in full respect of the judicial authority the work must continue”. If this were not to happen, according to the minister, “harm” would be done to citizens.
The Toti case will not stop the Genoa dam
Salvinispecifically, he responded to the questions of those who, from the opposition benches, asked him if, in light of the recent investigations involving the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Totiit is not necessary to evaluate the suspension of work until there is “greater transparency”. The request came specifically from the secretary of Alliance Verdi e Sinistra Angel Bonelliwho also spoke about the start of the verification procedure on the use of Pnrr funds necessary to carry out the work.
The unknowns about the Genoa dam project
The Genoa dam projectperhaps the real flagship measure that will be implemented with Pnrr funds, has suffered quite a few up to now criticisms by the political forces opposed to its construction and by some technicians. The construction of the work, which has an overall value of one billion and 300 thousand euros (500 million allocated by the Complementary Fund to the Pnrr, 100 million by the Ministry of Infrastructure, 300 million by the ADSP and 57 million by the Liguria Region) is in delay compared to the initial roadmap, with the latest survey on the progress of the construction site indicating a latency of over seven months. Precisely for this reason, an encore calendar has been prepared which provides for a new completion of the works which should now take place by 30 November 2026.
The blockade of work on the Genoa dam
Last March theAnacthe National Anti-Corruption Authority, had blocked the works aimed at the construction of the Genoa dam due to the “violation” of the rules that would have been put in place by the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea. There were, in more detail, “seven critical profiles” that could not be ignored by the Anac. The anti-corruption disputed, first of all, the failure to tender procedurewith the construction of the work which was entrusted to the consortium Pergenova Breakwater with leader Webuild, and the appointment of a panel of experts “later replaced due to incompatibility of its members”. This replacement, as stated by Anac, occurred “following the opening of the envelopes containing the technical and economic offers in contrast with the principles of transparency, level playing field and publicity of public tenders”.
