The construction phase officially kicks off today of the antemural of the port of Porto Torres which reaches five years from the signing of the contract for the execution of the works entrusted to Sales Spa ( of 16 December 2019). This morning, in fact, the managers of the company signed the report of delivery of the works, starting the implementation of the project at the end of a long phase in the course of of which - recalled the Port System Authority of the Sea of Sardinia - the port authority has complied with the requirements established, with the EIA decree of February 2018, by the Ministries of the Environment and Cultural Heritage.

After the opening of the construction site, expected in the coming days, the Sales will be able to proceed with the start of the production of the bins and, again in compliance with the provisions of the EIA decree, to the installation of anti-trawl bollards to protect the posidonia grove recently implanted by the Port Authority, to the relocation of the fort of the Second World War and the statue of the Madonnina del Levante pier. As planned, the subsequent phases include the extension of the Ponente dam and the resection of part of the quay of the deep waters to allow easier manoeuvrability in and out of the port basin.

Recalling that the work was awarded to Sales for A total of about 29.2 million euros, the Port Authority has specified that the interventions that have significantly affected the timetable of the construction site and, in particular, on costs of the work compared to the price list established during the award of the tender have determined the affixing of the by the contractor, with objections and requests will be addressed in the Technical Advisory Board, a body composed of one representative on each side and a president, chosen by the by mutual agreement between the Port Authority and Sales, with support functions for the rapid resolution of any disputes during the Execution of the contract.

"Today - commented the president of the port authority, Massimo Deiana - we definitively close a very long and equally onerous environmental monitoring phase and We officially start the long-suffering construction phase of the works in the historic port. It is an important milestone for the future of the port of Porto Torres, but it is equally difficult postpone the extension of the time frame for the adaptation to the prescriptions ante operam which, it is regrettable to note, become irreconcilable with the infrastructural activity of a work like this, the costs of which, in five years from the signing of the have risen and require a decisive revision and actualization".