Concurrence calls for the enhancement of the infrastructural axis of competition Parma-La Spezia-Massa

"Worrying is the current situation on the motorway of the Cisa, which currently sees 15 km of works in the direction of La Spezia and slightly less in the direction of Parma," he said in a statement. The work for the creation of a new interconnection between A15 and A12 in Santo Stefano Magra, which began in 2020, has not yet been completed, the term was only expected in 2023. Those that may seem simple inconvenience caused by a tightening of track or the closure of an emergency lane then translate to mileage tails due to the ever-increasing freight flows, the working commuting and vacancy which has always been characterizing this basin and the tortuousness of the road. To this is also to be added construction sites and deviations that make the crossing of Liguria a real undertaking at present. In these conditions, the tourist competitiveness of the destinations located on the A15/A12 axis (I think of our parish appendix, the Five Terre or the Tuscany Riviera) is in fact already highly penalised now in the perspective of the next one. summer with damage estimated at around 500 million euros for the sunny provinces of Spezia and Massa Carrara. "

Remembering that "the Parma axis-La Spezia is the only hinge of connection between the territories of the Upper Tirreno Centre and the median area of the Padana Plain with access to the markets of the centre and northern Europe", Leonardo Lanzi, president of Fri Emilia, has found that " in this context it is necessary to speed up and enhance the railway line project, which becomes strategic for a complete realization of a ZLS (Simplified Logistics Zone) linking the Tirreno to the province of Parma. In fact, although the doubling of the Parma-Vicofertile tract was financed, Lanzi recalled-for the remaining part (including the new valico tunnel), the final design was still lacking, circumstance that prevented its inclusion in the European Recovery Plan. A new valico tunnel is also the pre-condition for making Parma-La Spezia suitable for transits of freight trains according to modern European standards. The absolute urgency of this work is being further strengthened by the modernization of the rail interconnection between the ports of Carrara and La Spezia. "

"The exponential growth of e-commerce, the pandemic and now the war, the president of Federlogistics, Luigi Merlo, has revolutionized and is revolutionizing global industrial and logistical systems," he said. Italy, although it is late, is also aware of the fundamental role of logistics. Many productive companies are reconsidering the choices of relocation of production facilities and the phenomenon of reshoring is a great opportunity for Italy. The ZLS if properly carried out, especially if connected with an efficient port system will have a great opportunity. For this reason, today, more than ever, completing the Tibre corridor in his joints is fundamental. "

"The infrastructure axis" Pontremolese "-added Stefano Messina, vice president of Conftransport and president of Assshipowners-represents the natural connection of the rewarded territories in the reference logistics system of the port of La Spice, which from the relegation of Santo Stefano di Magra, stretching along the direction of the director towards Parma. We are talking about a gateway that will handle about 1.4 million teus per year, with the Padana Plain as a reference market, where manufacturing and distribution activities are located that account for about 79% percent of the industrial production of the Country, from which it originates 70% percent of the national import and export volume. Data that confirms to us how important this director is, included in the strategic works of the Recovery Plan and previously in the Italy Velocious programme. In this context, and in view of the establishment of the Simplified Logistics Zone, there needs to be an adequate infrastructure to facilitate and implement the transport of containerized goods from the ports of Alto Tirreno to the reservoes of reference, with particular attention to the railway interconnection, also in light of the vocation in this sense of the stir, in 2021 only in Trieste with regard to the rail ratio, or the share of iron-handling goods. We therefore need to reason in a multimodal optics, with the aim of improving the overall accessibility to the national transport system and offering a structure of integrated networks and services. "