At the end of the month, the Port System Authority of the Sea of Eastern Sicily will award the works, worth 313 thousand euros, for extraordinary maintenance of the central protrusion and the areas adjacent to the Dusmet gate of the port of Catania in order to improve the reception of cruise passengers arriving at the port Sicilian. "The area concerned - explained the president of the Port Authority, Francesco Di Sarcina - will be a new ticket to be for cruise passengers disembarking in Catania, but also for those who port operators and citizens who wish to walk in or use the areas adjacent to the Dusmet gate by public transport and who will finally enjoy functional, green, safe, orderly spaces and pleasant from the point of view of street furniture".

The project aims to improve the level of accessibility and the road network thanks to a series of actions: of three roundabouts aimed at rationalizing the routes Vehicle; creation of flower beds with bushes and trees close to roundabouts; pedestrian paths in the shade with system modular pergola; construction of a sidewalk with openings on the right edge of the north-east car park; Arrangement of the paving lava in the deteriorated parts; Reconfiguration of signage horizontal and vertical; implementation of the public lighting. The completion of the works is expected in March 2025.

Last year, cruise traffic in Catania was 222 thousand passengers, an increase of +43.7% over 2022, of which 58 thousand at disembarkation-embarkation (+67.5%) and 164 thousand in transit (+36,9%).