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Sicily, the Region has extended maritime connections with the smaller islands
Falcone: unchanged timetables and lines in force and no reduction in services or penalization for communities
December 31, 2021
g src="/images/iMinizionotizia.gif" width="70" height="17" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle;">The Sicilian Region has extended to 2022 the current regime of maritime passenger connections, under a public service regime, between the smaller islands and Sicily. The Councillor for Infrastructure, Marco Falcone, announced that, "as announced in the in recent days, pending the publication of a new tender for entrust maritime services between Sicily and the smaller islands in the next five years, the Musumeci government has extended the current regime of connections by ships and hydrofoils, keeping unchanged timetables and lines in force, without any reduction in services or penalization for island communities. With regard to maritime links made with state support - specified Falcone - we have instead made a request to the Company Of Sicilian Navigation Spa to maintain throughout 2022 the services currently provided, with the recognition by the Region of additional costs, always pending the future tender which will provide for an integration between compensation services regional and those with state compensation. On the latter initiative, the Region has also invested the competent prefectures ».
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