This afternoon in Palermo, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, will be inaugurated the new city waterfront of Palermo Marina Yachting, an area that is has been the subject of one of the most important interventions of urban regeneration made in Palermo after the war, a work reconnection of the airport with the urban fabric that includes areas industrial and tourist. The intervention involved a surface total of over 40 thousand square meters, on which were demolished about 30 thousand cubic meters of dilapidated and illegal structures, Two cranes 54 meters high, 29 silos. The area, in line with the Plan Port Regulator, has undergone significant changes aimed at improvement of the offer of services for cruise passengers and for the collectivity.

The project, with works that involved an investment of over 30 million euros, serves to give continuity to the walk on the Cala, extending it to the terminal part of the Trapezoidale pier, today Palermo Marina Yachting, and the Complex archaeological of the Castello a Mare which is thus a candidate for become a UNESCO site, included in the "Arab-Norman Route", already part of the Heritage List; to free the areas of the Castello a Mare and to enhance the site. Next to the Park archaeological, of which the excavations have traced the perimeter, are A walk, a square, an urban lake, nine buildings with different destinations, including a convention center and a small panoramic theater with 200 seats, paid parking, 14 Moorings for mega yachts to activate a new traffic segment.

"Provide for the revitalization of the waterfront, with results of excellence - underlined the President of the Authority of Port System of the Sea of Western Sicily, Pasqualino Monti - this is what we did in Palermo, where an area in decline has become an opportunity for development. We Aware that the competitive capacity of the territories is clearly related to the modernisation of the budget infrastructure of the same and the services offered. Thus Even the pier, from jumble of concrete and functions, is changed, acquiring completely new uses that have a What to do with cultural redevelopment and hospitality Tourist. Those built on the Trapezoidal pier, today Palermo Marina Yachting, are modifications of functional trim that do not distort the genius loci, indeed give an indelible character to landscapes, emphasize symbols and values related to events historical and project the visitor, be it a resident or a tourist, within the world of flows and emotions that Port cities know how to produce and arouse». 'From today - added Monti - on this area will move at least two millions of people every year: we can say that the connection between Port and historic center is now assured and the goal of Finding an element of identity in the sea was substantially achieved'.