On Saturday in Venice a public assembly was held by the title "No to new excavations, no to the return of large ships" organized by the Committee Nograndinavi to counter projects of excavation of the Venetian canals to allow the return of ships from cruise to the Maritime Station of Venice, but also for counter a maritime traffic also directed to Marghera that the committee considers that it puts the ecosystem of the Lagoon at risk.

A "no" to the ships that - Venezia Port replied Community, the committee whose objective is the development of ports of Venice and Chioggia - « becomes a powerful word and dangerous, to be used responsibly' when - has highlighted VPC in a note signed by President Alessandro Becce - "we must decide the future of Venice, the lagoon, the territory, and on the future of thousands of people and families who live from the port and the economy linked to traffic and cruises'. "Using the weapon of environmentalism Fundamentalist to block any project, spread fake news such as the transfer of polluted sludge to new sites of conferment of the Tresse - VPC has accused - lead in the trap of a suicidal immobility. EIA procedures must serve to build solutions, not as a tool to block any evolution'.

Highlighting that Venezia Port Community "is working to identify viable projects that give a future to the strategic role that the port of Venice plays in Adriatic', the Committee specified that the draft of the Channeling, which was developed by the Port system of the Northern Adriatic Sea with the aim of identify scientific and operational solutions to the problem of limited nautical accessibility of the ports of Venice and Chioggia, "is showing that concrete and balanced solutions To face the future of the port are not only possible but improve sludge dispersion by 50% compared to a situation of current immobility'.

VPC has specified to support the System Authority Portuale "on the dredging of the Vittorio Emanuele: bring back in Activities the Maritime Station with ships of size reduced, by their nature characterized by a high clientele level - the Committee noted - can only contribute to a quality tourism different from the mass influxes that They arrive with much less media hype through buses and trains directly in the heart of the historic center».

"Venice - concludes the note - has the right to a future that it is not only of withdrawal into itself, but to achieve this We need a team spirit opposite to that of those who oppose it blindly to any change."