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Merlon: the priority participation of the next harbour town development plan of Genoa is the realization of the new outer dam
The objective of the harbour authority is that to proceed with the realization of the work as extract anticipated to the PRP
June 5, 2013
Today, in the course of its participation to the fair Logistic Transport di Monaco of Bavaria, the president of the Harbour Authority of Genoa, Luigi Merlo, it has introduced that which the agency has characterized to be the priority of the new harbour town development plan, whose initial hypotheses of development were illustrated eleven months ago ( on 4 July 2012). The priority participation of the PRP is the new outer dam to protection of the harbour basin of Sampierdarena, area in which currently is on participations of tombamento of the watery mirrors between the docks to comb realized in the Thirties of the last century.
The new dam, than - it has explained Merlon - will cost a billion of euro and could be realized in five years, will be realized to about 500 meters to the wide one regarding that today's one and a depth of about 40 meters. The new dam - it has specified the president of the genoese harbour agency will allow to receive the container vessels until 22.000 teu, the next future for the evolution of the world-wide ship.
Merlon has remembered that the lines guide of the new town development plan, besides the displacement of the dam, they preview an imposing infrastructuring between which the development of the commercial port of Sampierdarena and the adaptation of harbour infrastructures of Voltri, but also I use it of energies alternatives and the development of the technological infrastructure in support of the harbour traffic.
"The great European ports - it has found Merlon - are being adapted to the new standards set up from the increase of the commercial ship. Because the port of Genoa can continue to competitive being must adapt own infrastructures. The priority and propedeutico participation to the others works is the realization of the new outer dam, a work whose necessity strongly is shared by the entire harbour community".
The lines guide of the new harbour town development plan will be capacities in approval in Harbour Committee within the July month, in order then to start confront with the local truths. The objective of the harbour administration is that to proceed with the realization of the dam as extract anticipated to the PRP.
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Today, in the course of its participation to the fair Logistic Transport di Monaco of Bavaria, the president of the Harbour Authority of Genoa, Luigi Merlo, it has introduced that which the agency has characterized to be the priority of the new harbour town development plan, whose initial hypotheses of development were illustrated eleven months ago 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
