“We learned that, finally, the regional councilor for the environment and territory of the Sicilian Region issued the decree authorizing the port system authority of the Strait to carry out the dredging of the port of Tremestieri. Therefore, From Monday all the administrative procedures preparatory to the activity of the Draga will start which within a week, or a little more, will lead to the complete reopening of the port.
This result – writes the union – is certainly to be ascribed to the stubborn commitment of the ADSP Commissioner of the Strait Francesco Rizzo, Who put his face and spent himself to obtain the green light compared to an administrative procedure that slept in the offices of the Region who, in these long months of waiting, dealt with the question as an ordinary “practice” and without the necessary attention compared to a theme that had very heavy implications against the community, with the city invaded by the trucks, and of the workers engaged in the port of Tremestieri.
Pending the completion of the long bureaucratic process, the ADSP of the Strait has already completed the tender for the award of the dredging which was awarded by the Cucco family company of Marghera “thus stated Ivan Tripodi, Secretary General Uil Messina, e Antonino Di MentoSecretary General Uiltrasporti Messina.
“Next week there will be a series of institutional meetings with the competent authorities to prepare the orders of the Port Authority who will regulate the operations and, presumably, at the next weekend the port of Tremestieri will remain completely closed to allow the safe performance of the dragage operations.
In acting of the serious and effective alacrity of Commissioner Rizzo, Uil and Uiltrasporti of Messina reiterate the “deep bewilderment for what happened in recent months and hope for a radical change of the authorization process by the Sicilian Region “.
“It is absolutely unacceptable – they write – that, for five long months, an entire community must remain hostage of the bureaucracy with serious consequences in terms of safety, mobility, working continuity and public service. The dredging will allow our city to avoid, in extremis, the total chaos linked to the imminent summer exodus that would have further massacred the urban center. Therefore, we invite all the institutions to prepare, As of now, a review of the procedures so that what happened can be repeated “have thus concluded Ivan Tripodi and Antonino di Mento.