This morning the Management Committee of the System Authority Port of the Sea of Sardinia has approved an update to the three-year public works programme 2024-2026 which provides, for current year and compared to the first version of the document of the April, an increase of approximately €60 million in sums to provision for infrastructure in 2024, rising to approximately 145 million, for a total of 577 million euros of investments in the three-year period.

The port authority explained that the new overall figure provides for a substantial redistribution for the first tranche of construction of the new ro-ro terminal in the Canal Port of Cagliari and the inclusion of new works to be designed and contracted within year, such as the renovation of the Molo Dogana headquarters of the Port Authority, the creation of the multifunctional service center for the food logistics in Oristano and a new building for use offices in the Arbatax airport. The Port Authority specified that the major costs are related to the excavation of the basin of the port of Olbia (the the amount of which has risen to over 94 million euros), to the paving of a large dirt area in the industrial port Olbia (another 12 million euros) and the maintenance of the seabed of the commercial port of Porto Torres (another seven million euros). Interventions to which are added works such as the antemural of the Turritano port and the electrification of port quays.

"Today's meeting of the Management Committee - commented the president of the Port Authority, Massimo Deiana - introduces a second semester of particular commitment, in terms of infrastructure and economic for our institution. We need to speed up on works strategic challenges for the new challenges of global maritime trade and maximising the spending of PNRR funds to comply with the strict schedule provided for by the financing package".