Important news for the inhabitants of the Tyrrhenian area, who must reach the center of Messina daily and then return home. By virtue of the provisions of regional law no. 3 of 2024, which allows local public transport companies to extend the individual sections in the neighboring municipalities classified by the Region as tourist, starting from 1 March, ATM will prolong the path of some lines that currently take the terminus in Ponte Gallo up to Villafranca Tirrena. Specifically, the project of the Messina Transport Company provides for the extension of lines 32 (Ponte Gallo – Mortelle – Museum), 33 (Gallo Ponte via A20) 33bis (Ponte Gallo – Papardo via A20), which will pass on the SS 113, with Various stops along the way, and will make terminus in via Leonardo Sciascia. The change was made possible thanks to the agreement between the Municipality of Messina, the Municipality of Villafranca and the Transport Company of Messina and to obtain all the authorizations necessary to make ATM buses pass through a territory other than the Messina area. The lines 32 and 33bis are currently subject to some limitations, due to the closure of the SS 113 in the stretch between Ponte Mella and the crossroads of the Corridor Contrada in the San Saba area and, therefore, the variations will enter the regime as soon as the aforementioned section of the road Statale 113 will return to being passable.
“We are happy to be able to announce this revolution in the local public transport service, made possible thanks to a bill presented by the South Call Nord and approved by Ars last year. From March 1, the many people who move from Tyrrhenian area to come to work or study in Messina, they will now be able to travel on ATM’s buses. It is an extraordinary result, the result of a profitable collaboration with the Municipality of Villafranca and the constant and fruitful synergy with the ATM management. We work every day to make the TPL service more and more efficient, modern and sustainable “, declares the mayor of Messina Federico Basile.
“Thanks to the work of these years and the synergy between the Municipality and the Transport Company, today we have the opportunity to create a direct connection between our city and Villafranca, going to offer a service not only efficient but also economically advantageous to the entire population of the area Tyrrhenian “, adds the deputy mayor Salvatore Mondello.
“Let’s drive the change is the slogan that has accompanied us since 2020 and I believe that the results achieved in recent years show how, thanks to the profuse commitment, we have managed to transform the words in concrete facts. Extend the path of some lines from Ponte Gallo In Villafranca it is a anything but banal change, given that we will enter a municipal area other than Messina, but ATM, in agreement with the Municipality of Messina, has Proper the utmost commitment to introduce this important novelty in the TPL service. Cricket.
