To start the design of the consolidation works for the second reclamation basin and the completion of the road and railway connections for the Darsena Europa. These are the priorities for the president of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port System Authority, Davide Gariglio, who spoke at the meeting of the Control Room convened by Prefect Giancarlo Dionisi, the in pectore commissioner for the project.
Gariglio highlighted the necessity of completing the project in its entirety: “As per the schedule, by June 2027 we will have the consolidation of the first basin, while by October 2030 the dredging works and the construction of the offshore dams will be completed. While awaiting the completion of these interventions, however, it becomes necessary to start as soon as possible the Technical-Economic Feasibility Projects (Pfte) related to the consolidation of the second reclamation basin, the completion of the railway connections, and the extension of the Fi-Pi-Li to the Darsena Europa. The sooner we are able to have the projects, the sooner we will be able to know the cost of these works, so that we can start identifying the necessary funding sources for their start.”
Gariglio announced that he had received from the extraordinary commissioner for the project, Luciano Guerrieri, the willingness to accelerate the procedures for preparing the awarding processes for the Pfte.
The president of the ports of Livorno and Piombino concluded his speech by recalling the strategic importance of the new movable bridge over the Scolmatore, which in the near future will allow all yachts and superyachts from the shipyards located on the Navicelli Canal (which flows into the Scolmatore canal) to exit directly and easily into the open sea. “This is a fundamental project for which the money must be found. It is unthinkable that the operations of the Darsena Europa be limited by this bottleneck. We must act decisively to find the resources, also appealing to the willingness expressed by Minister Matteo Salvini during his visit to the port,” he concluded.
