Situation of serious urban degradation in via Ferraris in Reggio Calabria, in the stretch included in the number 18 is. 87. This was reported by the citizen Fabio Aquilino, resident of the area, who denounces the state of abandonment in which he has been in the sidewalk for years and the roadway, which have become impractical and dangerous.
The sidewalk is in fact sunk into several places, while the road surface has deep holes and sagging. “Both pedestrian and vehicular circulation has become very dangerous, if not impossible,” writes Aquiline. The image of a car was stuck in a large hole formed following the strong rains last week, from which the intervention of the firefighters was necessary to remove it, is emblematic.
This is not an isolated or recent situation: the instability is known to the municipal offices, given that some areas have been cordoned off with orange networks for over two years. The case of a chasm opened about six months ago at the intersection with via Nicola Putortì, with a diameter of at least four meters and as many depths, is even more serious.
Residents say that the danger increases to every abundant rain. Furthermore, from the subsoil, the flow of water is constantly perceived, a signal that also arouses concern about the safety of the surrounding buildings.
The request addressed to the Municipality is clear: an urgent and decisive intervention, capable of returning safety and decoration to a neighborhood that has been waiting for answers for too long.