“The unique zes could represent a development flywheel for Calabriabut without adequate infrastructure enhancement, the risk is that a halved opportunity remains ». To be convinced of it is Mariaelena Senesegeneral secretary of the Calabrian Uil, not new to appeals of this type on an important economic tool that risks, however, to remain only on paper.
«We cannot speak of attractiveness for companies – adds Senese – if the region continues to be cut off from the large axes of railway and road connection. The data, in fact – continues – highlight that this potential is still braked by structural delays and deficiencies. With only 24 unique authorizations issued, compared to 221 in Campania and 75 of Puglia, it is clear that our territory is not fully exploiting the possibilities offered by this tool. Yet another demonstration of this penalizing logic is the gap in investments on high speed: the government has allocated 8 billion euros for the North and only 3.8 billion for the South, effectively excluding Calabria. If by high speed in Calabria we mean the only stretch to Praia a Mare, then we are talking about nothing ».