Vaglio Lise is a piece of Cosenza that seems to sleep. Every now and then, the arrival of a train seems to awaken the esplanade by his lethargy. But it does not last. Besides the station, the great esplanade on which Palazzo dei Bruzi wanted to build a large hospital. They had already given him born among the cards of the feasibility study eight years ago. They had imagined it modern, with the characteristics of the hub and 705 beds for care. In that immense area, which floods on 12 hectares, between the river, the railway and the district of via Popilia, by the end of 2027 (at most for the beginning of 2028, and in any case, according to the inail chronoprogram), The Cosentino health center had to be born. The Institute for accidents at work was ready to allocate 349 million euros for the “Realization of the new Cosenza hospital” and another 45 million for the “Citadel of Health of Cosenza”. Then, however, the sun set on Vaglio Lise and on the center -left project. The new feasibility document of the design alternatives that considers the new location of Arcavacata the most convenient, rejecting the site in the district of the railway stopover, less advantageous and subject to hydraulic risk, is decisive.
Conclusions on which the territorial group of the M5S of Cosenza raises doubts. The pentastellati identifies the responsibility for the change of course of the region, in the “Stralcio” plan which modifies the hydrogeological structure plan (PAI) and introducing new dangerous maps that upset the risk indicators used in the feasibility studies, published in October 2024, by the District Basin Authority of the Southern Apennines. These new maps have been promptly used in the Docfap which thus ends up identifying Arcavacata of Rende as a “clearly better” site, excluding Vaglio Lise. Still, the option had initially been considered optimal by accessibility, flat topography, alignment with the PSC Municipal, urban integration, lower cost and, hear listened, absence of hydrogeological risk “.
The M5S suspects the political motive. The issue “invests aspects of administrative transparency and correct application of the principles of good performance. It is urgent to clarify to what extent the “politics” should go to influence strategic decisions.