Responding to an urgent question of the Regional Council of Tuscany Marco Taradash (PDL), which calls for an evaluation of the junta on the content of an open letter to the operators of the port of Livorno and responses to the proposals for action cited for the Protection of labronico port, today the 'Councillor for Transport Region of Tuscany, Luke Ceccobao, replied that "the regional government has always recognized the port of Livorno, and a strategic priority and a central role in coastal logistics platform, whose development is an essential and indispensable Regional Programme Development 2011-2015. "
Referring to a letter in which the operators of the port of Livorno denounce the situation of deterioration, neglect and abandonment of what should be the main economic resource of the city and one of the main port of Tuscany, which stresses that "the port of Livorno is covered with sand, they leave the business and become more bitter local disputes for that slice of pie gets smaller and smaller, "in the query Taradash showed that in the letter of the operators' expressed alarm at the conditions of abandonment of Actually port and hopelessness for the unsatisfactory long-term needs in the face of dramatic expansion and maintenance. At the same time, we recall the main infrastructure and require urgent intervention of legislative accurate. "
"The port of Livorno - denounced Taradash - is in a situation of almost total abandonment, maintenance and expansion needs. It is to catch more than ten years for infrastructure, international operators have abandoned it. We must be aware of the fact that the port of Livorno is essential to fly across the Tuscan economy. "
Referring to the interventions required, the assessor Ceccobao confirmed without delay is the need to carry out the dredging works "to ensure the functionality of the port - he explained - it is expected that the region contributes financially to the creation of the Port Authority systematically excavated the port, allowing a maximum expenditure of 1.5 million for the years 2012-2013. "
In response, the Regional Minister stated that "the region is contributing resources to the budget - for 35 million euros - even Agreement program for the hydraulic adjustment of the Arno drainage canal for carrying out the work at the mouth. Another objective of the Agreement - concluded - is to get quickly to the design of interventions aimed directly at the mouth of the canal to the sea Navicelli. "
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