Introduced a review of the project of the Europe Dock of Livorno that would have to allow to accelerate the execution of the harbour work



Tormented project for realization of Platform Europe in port of Livorno, work for which has been indetta a contest whose maturity date for the presentation of the participation questions is sent back five times postponing it the last time to next the 29 hours 12,00 of september, has been which rewrote meantime radically and the new configuration of the harbour infrastructure is introduced yesterday by the president of the Tuscany Region, Enrico Rossi, with the president of the Authority of Harbour System of the Tyrrhenian Sea Northern, Stefano Corsini, and to other representatives of the institutions.

Five dismissals, any motivation is adduced for such delays, is evidently a symptom of the difficulty to find nowadays investor and operators disposed to participate to the initiative. Procrastination of the tempistica that has livened the flame of the critics expressed on the project, before between all those revolts from the mayor of Livorno: "much notices have gone completely deserts", the presentation of the review of the project has denounced Filippo Nogarin commenting and expressing abashment because up to now, "have spoken a lot about Europe Dock, but objective - black on white - it has been made truly very little".

That the things have up to now not gone for the just back have implicitly admitted the president to it of the regional committee: "we have tried to put again in motion the things", Enrico Rossi has explained adding that "today we can say that is a very positive day for the city of Livorno and all the Tuscany"

Rossi has motivated such optimism with the new lease on life offered from the rework of the project of the Europe Dock. A review that has translate in the different disposition of the container terminal, rotated but of identical operating surface regarding the position precedence, solution that - it has specified - allows a saving of 200 million euros, coming down from 667 to 467 million (90 million will be necessary for the dredgings, 94 for the dams, 77 for the docks, 23 for systems and 183 for the large squares). Such saving will be plowed back in participations on the port and the territory. The expense of 467 million, added 195 million for the preparation of the terminal, salt altogether to 662 million euros against 862 million previewed from the precedence project.

Second the new review, the dock of the Europe Dock will have a length of 1.200 meters against the 900 of the precedence project and a depth that gives -16 meters will be able to arrive until -20. The terminal will be extended on a surface of 62 hectares. The annual ability to containerized trade will be pairs to 1,6 million teu.

The different configuration of the project would have to allow - second the forecasts - the start of the work within 2018 and their conclusion in 2022, four years before you respect to how much project would have happened with the precedence.

Moreover Rossi has specified that an ulterior advantage is constituted by the possibility to clear the public part from that private one, reducing therefore the times of execution; disengagement that is feasible thanks to new norms approved of in the second part of the 2016 that they today allow to re-use sediments of escavo for the construction of new works, the refluimento to sea or the fill of the spiagge. That - has emphasized - he translate himself in smaller spaces and minors costs necessary to storage, besides the possibility to use, without some extension, current the lines railway electrified entered in function in 2016.

Moreover - it has still evidenced Rossi - "exceeded the problem of the warehouse of sediments the new project will allow us to dig the channel until the depth of twenty meters, four in more regarding the sixteen previewed", with the advantage of being equipped also for ships of greater capacity.

A part of the mud of the diggings will be used, as in the old project, in order to realize a classified dock to the traffic of the rotabili that will be usable already from 2020, that is before with the old ban.

Moreover, not being more necessary to assign a part of the surface of the terminal to the warehouse of sediments, this will compared to the previous translate in greater operating spaces project.

The president of the regional agency has emphasized that therefore not draft at all of a reorganization of the project; "nobody "darsenetta" - it has asserted - but and indeed still an equally more competitive structure".

Relatively to the connection of the new terminal with the railway lines, Rossi has specified that "Railroads of the State are engaged to giving start to the work for climb over it within 2018. We will now sign - he has announced - an agreement to July. There is also the engagement to verify the extension of the railroads of the interporto towards Collesalvetti and Vada, that he means - has added Rossi - that the port of Livorno could more become the infrastructure equipped to carry the goods on national the railway line".

The president of the Region has evidenced that however the more important participation for the railway modality is another: "from August 2018 - he has explained - in three years Railroads he will take part in order to increase the galleries of the old Appennine line so that cars and container can pass to you also to trains loaded with. They will be spold 700 million and in this way Livorno will be still more competitive, with access via iron towards the northeast and the Europe north. With Emilia Romagna - it has remembered - already an agreement for a supplementary transport on rubber in the three years of work is signed".

Rossi has announced that an operating nucleus is constituted, a task force, with political a technical profile but also, that he will supervise on the planning and realization of the harbour infrastructure, as expected from the agreement of program signed with the government to May of 2015. The team, than will meet once a month or when it is necessary, it will be presided by the president of the Region or from a city council member by him delegated and the Authority of Harbour System and Railroads will take part some. They will be invited permanent the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports and the Municipality of Livorno, although this was not previewed by the program agreement. A representative of the Commission will sit you also Coast of the regional council.