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ANITA and Trasportounito denounce the inability of Italy to face the bad weather
Arcese: the announcement of presuming "hard snowed" is sufficient in order to block all the field of the transports and the normal industrial activity
February 11, 2013
The associations of the road haulage . "In a period in which all the political forces supply own prescription in order to make to share the Italian productive car - polemizza the president of Anita, Eleuterio Arcese - are sufficient the announcement of presuming "hard snowed" in order to block all the field of the transports and the normal industrial activity with huge damages for all our economic system".
Explaining that the provisions emanated in great part of the regions, that the prohibition of circulation of heavy means has at least extended until all the today's day, paralyze all the Country in fact, Arcese evidences that "a generalized block, moreover reached with delay, when by now the planning of the services already was defined, is difficult much to comprise and puts in evidence as our Country is able to not to face this type of emergencies". "Rather than to put in field the normal instruments of cleansing of the roads - the ANITA president adds - he prefers himself to prevent the circulation of heavy means and to prevent therefore the normal development of the activities of a field that guarantees the transfer of almost the totality of the goods".
"It goes then added - Arcese concludes - than from a part obligate to equip our vehicles to us of chains from snow or winter tires and from the other part block the circulation also to the vehicles so equipped, returning completely the supported investments useless".
Also according to Trasportounito, "the decision of the ministry of the Insides and all the Prefectures in 11 Italian regions, beginning from to paralyze the 22 yesterday the circulation of heavy means on roads and freeways for the risk snow, at the same time unjustified and is risked. In great part of these regions - the association finds - the light sleet does not certainly justify a block total that sounds as the confession of a total inability of the State to tackle to emergencies that such are not considered in the majority of the European Countries".
"In a normal country - the general secretary of Trasportounito emphasizes, Maurizio Longo - who sovraintende (it is public or private it) to the system of the practicability, are able to by chance take part timely and case in relation to the real emergencies that are created".
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