“This morning the first operational session of the Commission of Inquiry into the floods of last autumn was held and I proposed various solutions and proposals and requested targeted in-depth analyses – says Massimiliano Baldini, Regional Councillor of the League and Vice-President Secretary of the same Commission.”
“First of all, I pointed out and asked that the weather conditions of those days should be considered as a single adverse atmospheric flood event which ran from 29 October to 4 November, therefore also including what happened in Lucca, Versilia, in the Pisa area and in the massese – continues the Councilor.” “In fact, it should be noted that, after a series of code yellow bulletins which were followed by weather events with cumulative values of around 40/50 mm for the 29th, we understand that the alert sequence was then the following:
Wednesday 1 November 1.14 pm: a weather bulletin has been issued with an orange criticality warning for “hydrogeological and minor network” for the Bisenzio valley and yellow for Mugello, valid for the entire evening of 2 November;
Thursday 2 November 12.52pm: orange criticality warning for “hydrogeological and minor network” and for the main network for the Bisenzio valley and yellow for Mugello valid from 3pm on 2 November to 6pm on 3 November – specifies the Northern League representative.
“Today, I then asked to add and/or specify among the investigative objectives of the Commission’s work the following specific points:
structure and operation of the offices responsible for forecasting and indicating alerts on the territory;
role of the Functional Center and organization of the decision-making chain;
warning scenarios and related actions to be implemented in the event of each of these events.
methods of identifying the most urgent works and dividing line between the nature of those of mere restoration and those of full operation. Performers and costs.
distinction of the role, tasks and responsibilities of the President of the Region as Commissioner delegated for the emergency from those of the President of the Region as Commissioner of Civil Protection and also from the additional ones of the President of the Region as Commissioner for the implementation of all interventions to mitigate hydrogeological risk. As well as the methods of managing financial resources in the three hypotheses and current availability – underlines the representative of the League.”
“Finally, regarding the order of the hearings, I proposed to insert, after that of the President of the Region and the Councilor for the Environment, the hearing of the entire regional structure of the Functional Center, that of Civil Protection and that which is responsible for supporting the President as Commissioner for the implementation of risk mitigation interventions. Subsequently the Consortia, the District Authority, the Mayors etc. will have to be audited.” “In short, the work will be long and complex, including inspections and particular attention to the management of compensation and compensation according to both national and regional regulatory provisions, hoping that full light will be shed on the operations of those dramatic days which shocked a large part of the of Tuscany – concludes the Councilor.”
