Yesterday the Management Committee of the System Authority Port of the Western Ligurian Sea has approved the adjustment to the 2024 budget of the entity that forecasts higher revenues for 51.4 million euros and higher expenses for 42.2 million, with a operating profit of -117.6 million euros. The Port Authority explained that the changes, both in income and in expenditure, are attributable to the day-to-day management of the budget and the updating of the ordinary and extraordinary three-year programs.

In particular, there are higher receipts on account capital, equal to 39.3 million euros, while on the expenditure front The adjustment to the 2024 budget is set for 33.2 million of euros, of which 28 million linked to the Three-Year Programme of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Works. As a result of changes proposals, the presumed administration surplus as at 31 December 2024 amounted to €123.9 million and the surplus available (net of compulsory funds of approximately €41 million) stands at €38.5 million million euros.

As regards the development of intermodality, the Management Committee approved the agreements that finalize the collaboration between the Port Authority and the Italian Railway Network for the development of of the last mile interventions in the Genoese basin of Sampierdarena. The interventions, for a total value of approximately 100 million euros, relating to the new Fuori Muro station and the connection between the Rugna-Bettolo compendium and the Campasso park, complete the adduction system dedicated to goods and passengers consisting of the Genoa Junction and the Third Railway Pass. The design activities were co-financed at 50% from the European Union from the Connecting Europe Facility funds as part of the RENEW4GE.