The administration was forced to initiate, with a formal notice and formal notice, the termination procedure to the detriment of the company Cataldo Torchia srl of Cariati (CS) to which, in March 2021, the construction works of the bridge in the section in front of the mouth of the Calopinace had been delivered to be delivered within the following 180 daysThe Councilor for Public Works of the Municipality of Reggio Calabria announced the news Frank Constantine.
With the same company – it is written in a note released by Palazzo San Giorgio – already late with respect to the contractually undertaken commitments, last February, just over a month after the installation of the new municipal council, a binding agreement for the parties was signed which defined a calendar of commitments such as to easily allow the delivery of the completed work by the summer of 2024.
Unexpectedly and irresponsibly, despite the punctual compliance with every commitment by the municipal administration, the contractor has not followed through on its commitments. Every attempt to contact, in any form, the legal representative of the contractor by the Director of Works, the Procedure Manager and even Councilor Costantino has been in vain.
After no response was given by the contractor to a new service order issued by the Director of Works last July, which ordered the immediate delivery of the documentation proving the orders for the prefabricated structures to be installed to complete the contractual works, there was no other option than to start the contractual termination procedure following which the contractor will have to account for its non-compliance in every venue.
“The bitterness for the epilogue of the affair – says Councilor Costantino – cannot be repaid by any recognition for the damages suffered, not only in financial terms, by the Municipality of Reggio Calabria and a reflection is required on the opportunity to allow certain entrepreneurs to continue to operate on the market even when their behavior, especially on an ethical level, falls to the level of that of the entrepreneur who holds the contract for the construction of the bridge over the Calopinace”.