“The implementation of the doubling of a strategic artery such as the” Strada degli writers “represents an important result for the improvement of the internal roads of Sicily, significantly reducing the connection times between the territories of Agrigento, Caltanissetta and the A19 motorway, guaranteeing even greater safety and usability”. This was underlined by the President of the Sicilian Region, Renato Schifani, intervening at the traffic opening ceremony of the Bridge in Arco San Giuliano on the new SS 640 “Strada degli writers“.
Present, among others, the vice -president of the Council and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, The CEO of Anas Claudio Andrea Gemme and the mayors of Agrigento and Caltanissetta, respectively Francesco Micciché and Walter Tesauro.
“Our island – continued Schifani – starts, within a few years, to no longer be a lost territory in the south of Europe. And this also thanks to the bridge over the Strait. How many are against the bridge say it will be a cathedral in the desert, perfectly useless because it is missing in the infrastructure inability of Sicily. But it will not be so, because in Sicily there is a awakening of infrastructure, the attention of the institutions for this sector. A attention that today finds its magical moment in this inauguration, which is not accidental but is part of a wider project. What we inaugurate today is a strategic work that is part of a wider plan, which sees regional government and national government on par on a shared path of loyalty and collaboration, also personal. Thank you Anascompanies and all institutions, starting with Minister Salvini, for the precious, constant and shared work, in the sign of concrete attention to the territory».
Salvini, we are doing the impossible on the streets in Sicily
“The Palermo-Agrigento state road? It is one of the dossiers I am talking about both with the mayors and with the governor Renato Schifani. Let’s say that there are many others of slow construction sites also in the heart of Sicily ». So the Minister for Infrastructure Matteo Salvini, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Arco San Giuliano bridge on the Statale of the writers, in Caltanissetta. “The Palermo -Catania -Messina motorway cannot be called me motorway – he added – 2 and a half years have passed, I think the Sicilians are touching with the hand that we are making the impossible. We have two more years of mandate and account in these two years to get even further away ». “The Sicilians of good intentions, of promises, of good intentions are full. Without the money, the roads, the railways, the aqueducts do not settle them, therefore We have construction sites open and scheduled for 22 billion on the road network, railway, underground for water, 800 million euros to recover years of delays. Today is a beautiful day because a cycle finally ends, “he added.”We have to understand how it is possible that to do 34 km you put 24 years old And therefore from this point of view, the change of the rules, the new contract code, the cut of the bureaucracy, I count that not only in Sicily but throughout Italy makes you waste less time and creates less discomfort to the citizens “continues Salvini who then adds:” I am happy, it is an inauguration season of bridges, yesterday we signed the program agreement for another bridge that will be studied and visited not only useful to Sicilians and Calabrian but admired by half a world and the great advantage. Not having opened the construction sites, he is imposing us to run with the streets and railways both in Sicily and in Calabria “.
Anas, the CEO: “12 billion of investments in Sicily”
“This work is part of a global investment in Sicily which is equal to about 12 billion. This is a work that, in particular, cost 845 million and has had a long pierce to get to its completion. But now with the San Giuliano viaduct we have given a great response, especially to citizenship”. So the CEO of Anas, Claudio Andrea Geme, on the sidelines of the inauguration.
The vice premier: shortly convent control cabin on water crisis in Sicily
«In a few months, decades of distractions on the drought problem are not recovered: 800 million euros of investment are a remarkable effort. When I arrived at the ministry I have found dams stopped for 40 years. For miracles I am not yet equipped. But the water emergency in Sicily is my priority. I will personally convene another session of the control room on the emergency before the summer break of the works of Parliament, then between the end of July and the beginning of August ». So the Minister for Infrastructure Matteo Salvini on the sidelines of the inauguration of the Bridge in Arco San Giuliano on the 640 “writers’ state road.