Green light of the town council ravennate to the harbour project "Hub of Ravenna"



Yesterday the town council of Ravenna, with ballots in favor of Pd and Pri, the abstentions of Sel, Fds and Lega Nord and contrary ballots of Movement 5 Stars and List for Ravenna, has expressed to seem favorable to the harbour deliberation on October 26, 2012 "Hub of Ravenna - Cipe deliberation n.98: ‘Deepening channels Candiano and Baiona, adaptation existing operating docks, new terminal in Trattaroli peninsula and I use material extracted in performance to the enforced Prp 2007 - First phase (First and according to extract) ‘- definitive project".

Deputy mayor of Ravenna, Giannantonio Mingozzi, Galliano Di Marco for its engagement in a project has thanked "the president of the Harbour Authority that - it has evidenced - is fundamental for the development of the port" and has emphasized "that when is approved of by the Cipe projects as this can be sure that answer to all the requisti of law, that it is the same Cipe to demand".

"Already today - it has observed the city council member to the Urban planning, Libero Asioli, in the course of the debate - on a national level the port of Ravenna is between the more important carries Italians in total terms (source: Istat), occupying gives beyond 10 years the second position for the solid bulk traffic, in Top 3 for the goods several not unitizzate and, moreover, leader for handling of producing agricultural and alimentary let alone of raw materials for the production of the ceramics. With regard to the marine connections, Ravenna is the first national port for the commercial interchange of Italy with the Countries of the Mediterranean oriental and Black Sea. Great attention is lend regarding the road connections, in order to try to affect positively the carrier language traffic of the transport on the road: the lands for the ceramics travel on track and lately also the grain that disembarks to Ravenna for the Barilla macaroni factory has taken the railway. Also in the within of the "Freeways of the sea" - it has continued Asioli - Ravenna it has reached excellent results "removing from the road" about 80.000 trucks and creating in the past couple of years about 70 new places of work, without no additional public investment; to find in fact that, by October 2012, Ravenna, where was already anticipates the new Tirrenia - C.I.N., is chosen by Grimaldi Lines, operator leader in Europe for the traffic of the freeways of the sea, for a marine connection with Brindisi-Catania to which it is added some by December 2013 with Greece, doing so as that Ravenna could reach percentages of increase also to three figures in this segment of traffic. The realization by the Harbour Authority of Harbour the strategic infrastructure "Hub of Ravenna" and of the relative Logistic Platform - it has found the city council member - still engages us more to operate for the potenziamento of the railway services among other things participations partially already previewed in the P.R.I.T. 2020 of the Region".

Moreover it is remembered that the main scope of the so-called Progettone is navigation of boats of greater dimensions in the port and to increase of the ability, the efficiency and the productivity, putting in safety about ulterior existing 12.000 places of job and creating some about 3,000, comprised the induced one. The Cipe contribution assigned in definitive way to the Harbour Authority of Ravenna pearl realization of the hub harbour, pairs to 60 million euros, will allow launch a financing by the European Investment Bank, already undersigned, of 120 million, a whose distribution is subordinated to the approval by the Cipe of the definitive planning, and total private investment pairs to about 200 million, already deliberated from the competent boards of directors of the involved companies.