Cosenza, the Vaglio Lise bus terminal transformed into a dormitory

John

By John

A bus terminal that has never worked. He never played the role for which he was born. That is, to become a landing point of bus from the centers of the province. An exchange with the rail transport of FS or FDC and that of the TPL guaranteed by the Amco. Every now and then it is talked about as possible new home of self -employment. But then the thing ends there. It has been used for various needs except the most natural one: tent cities to temporarily host the occupants of the Roma village on the Crati after a vast fire (subsequently transferred to the sports hall of Casali and finally to houses in the historic center) and as a market of the farmers directed after the closure of the structure under the Mancini bridge (a failed project as the customers was poor and the business reduced to zero so that the vendors have returned to the area Piazza Amendola). In the double circumstance, useful services were made for people’s hygiene (tanks, fountains, sink, etc.), enhanced the lighting system. In short, a lot of pennies were spent. Unnecessarily, given the results. Community money that did not bear fruit. The area without fences and security systems for access control is abandoned to itself. And it has become a destination for incivile that periodically discharge material and waste of all kinds. The reclamation are carried out, but punctually the distance of a few days transfers precarious.
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