It took place regularly this morning (Video taken from the Facebook page of the mayor Cateno De Luca), in the early hours of the day, the intervention of controlled shine of the rocky ridge above via Garipoli a Taormina. The operations, directed by Advanced Operations Center Instaled in the Lumebi car park, they were coordinated by Regional Department of Civil Protection As part of a larger emergency operational plan, it remains necessary following the accentuating, in recent months, of the instability of the hilly side.
The intervention, aimed at securing the area for the protection of public and private safety, was accompanied by rigorous Safety and Security measures: closures, interdictions and evacuations have affected the areas included in the so -called “red area“, With prohibitions extended to the motorway junctions of Taormina and Giardini Naxos, as well as to some strategic arteries such as via Garipoli, via Zaccani, the by Pass Sant’Antonio and La Bretella for Messina.
Following the completion with a positive outcome of the operationsthe revocation of some of the main restrictions on the road network comes now: In A18 Direction Catania was removed the mandatory exit at the Taormina junction; The compulsory exit at the Giardini Naxos junction was eliminated towards Messina. The changes are already operational and the motorway traffic has been fully restored along both guidelines.