The Port System Authority of the Sea of Sicily Orientale has delivered the reblooming and consolidation works of the breakwater of the port of Catania. The €75 million contract €70 million financed with funds from the National Plan Complementary to the PNRR and for five million from the port authority, it was awarded to a consortium of undertakings composed of Consorzio Stabile Grandi Lavori, Cosedil and ECC, which have commissioned, already during the tender phase, the design of the executive to the companies Duomi, Technital and Advanced Tecnologies, project that was approved on Thursday last. In particular, the assignment provides for the positioning of about 5,000 cyclopean parallelepiped boulders, made of concrete, placed on the outside of the wall with wave protection with the objective of restoring the so-called "silhouette" of the dam, so as to prevent the strong waves from pouring over inside the port. In addition, the dam will be raised by approximately one and a half meters. The duration of the works is expected to be 870 days.

The president of the Port Authority, Francesco Di Sarcina, recalled that "The breakwater dates back many years, over time - he said specified - interventions have been made but only partial and on some traits. In fact, it is also for this reason, in order to safeguard the safety of citizens, for about a year we have been unfortunately they were forced to prohibit the free use of the pier, but at the same time we had started a safety and remarkable and unprecedented restyling, which will give back to the by 2026 a completely renovated work according to today's safety standards and using tools and state-of-the-art technologies."