Visit to Livorno by Minister Salvini: “It is a work of national interest and it is pleasing to see that in five years this work will be operational”
Livorno – “We need strong support because the investments yet to be made are demanding. We are putting in the maximum effort to complete the infrastructure on schedule and the collaboration from all the local institutions is at its highest.” So said the extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority, Davide Gariglio, regarding the Darsena Europa on the sidelines of the visit by the Minister of Infrastructure Matteo Salvini to Livorno.
The economic framework for the public works of the Darsena Europa is around 554 million euros. The direct cost of the marine works amounts to approximately 440 million euros, to which must be added the 50 million euros for the consolidation of the first basin, not forgetting the 32 million euros for environmental expenses and any additional charges.
The work is already financed. But 130 million euros are still missing for the completion of the road and rail connections (70 million) and for the consolidation of the second reclamation basin (another 50 million). To these, an additional 40 million euros should then be added, which are necessary to build a new bridge that in the near future will allow all the yachts and superyachts from the shipyards located on the Navicelli Canal (which flows into the Scolmatore channel), to exit directly and easily into the open sea.
“The Darsena Europa is a work of national interest and it is pleasing to see that in five years this work will be operational,” declared Salvini. “This is a feat of high-level hydraulic engineering for which we must thank the technicians working on it, the Port Authority, the Port Captaincy and all the actors involved.”
