«More than optimistic, I would say willing. We are starting a season that will bring, I do not yet predict with certainty in what times, to the return of the sickle to the Messina “. The commissioner of the Authority Port System of the Strait, Ciccio Rizzo, among the priority “dossiers” on his desk, holds the folders of the falcate area in the foreground. It is a goal that starts from afar also on a personal level, because Rizzo, as has been mentioned several times, was among the founders of that “ZDA-Lando d’Arte Falcata” movement that has fought for years, with gears, mobilizations, guided tours and other concrete initiatives, for the redevelopment of the whole peninsula of San Raineri. “We owe it to the city and, in particular, we owe it to the memory of Franz Riccobono, the unforgettable protagonist of many battles in favor of the scythe”, underlines the extraordinary commissioner-president “in pectore” of the Authority.
Tomorrow morning Rizzo, together with technicians and designers, will carry out another inspection, but the road is now traced. The system authority, in fact, has prepared three distinct calls that will be entrusted to Invitalia, for the works management and for the realization of the environmental characterization interventions, indicated on that plan drawn up by the University of Messina and approved by the Sicilian Region. In fact, the start of the imposing remediation operations for decades. Three distinct calls (works management, coordination of safety and execution of the interventions), a single source of funding: the 23 million euros deliberated by the Cipess in 2024 and the result of that precious amendment to the national financial maneuver presented by the Messina deputy of Forza Italia, and undersecretary for relations with Parliament, Matilde Siracusano.
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