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The from Liguria ports to the taken ones with the Switzerland challenge
From Helvetic part the confirmation for 2016 of the opening of the tunnel of the Gottardo and for the 2019 that of Monte Ceneri
March 6, 2012
In the course of the convention "Under the Gottardo… what? ", held to Lugano and today organized from Star Communication in motion in collaboration with GF Group, Ligurian Ports and BPS (Suisse), it is made the point on the perspectives of penetration of the European market through Switzerland by from Liguria ports. The convention has evidenced the risks of accentuation of the gap infrastructural between Italy and Switzerland, but also the existence of completely new vitality in the world of the ports, interposing to you and the railroads, ready to supply, with organizational solutions imprinted to great efficiency to the deficiencies and also to the chronic diffidence of the markets foreign countries in confronts of Italy.
If Switzerland confirmation for the 2016 opening of the tunnel of the Gottardo and for the 2019 that of Monte Ceneri, investing also on Lugano-Mendrisio-Malpensa (inauguration previewed in 2014), Italy denunciation on the railway drafts from Uproar to Milan delays that only partially could be compensated from I use intensive of the line via Luino. But also on the future of the Canton Ticino clouds of storm are incumbent tied in particular to the shown closing for beyond three years of the highway tunnel of the Gottardo that has exceeded the 30 years of activity. The Canton Ticino and other districts to south of the Alps are exercising a solid pressure on the government of the Confederation so that an investment in the realization of a second highway cane is decided maxi so to prevent a almost lethal isolation of the Canton Ticino and Lugano. This you would happen when own the District of Italian language is credited of the greater potentialities of increase inside of the Helvetic Confederation, as double pillar - as cited from the mayor of Lugano Giorgio Giudici - for the axis financial Milan-Zurich-London and the logistic axis that give Genoa and from from Liguria ports reaches crossing the District, Germany and the ports of the Europe North.
Al I confront of Lugano have participated to the presidents of the three from Liguria ports, Cristoforo Canavese (Savona), Luigi Merlo (Genoa, new-which elected president of the Ligurian ports) and Lorenzo Forcieri (La Spezia).
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In the course of the convention "Under the Gottardo… what? ", held to Lugano and today organized from Star Communication in motion in collaboration with GF Group, Ligurian Ports and BPS (Suisse), it is made the point on the perspectives of penetration of the European market through Switzerland by from Liguria ports. The convention has evidenced the risks of accentuation of the gap infrastructural between Italy and Switzerland, but also the existence of completely new vitality in the world of the ports, interposing to you and the railroads, ready to supply, with organizational solutions imprinted to great efficiency to the deficiencies and also to the chronic diffidence of the markets foreign countries in confronts of Italy.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
