Naples ring road, the works will last 67 days. And it is already controversial

Ten free toll days, but another 67 days of chaos (until 31 December) on the small-lane bypass. The Board of Directors met in extraordinary session to resolve what was requested by MIT regarding the suspension of the toll. Extraordinary measure ratified but with a fixed term. "Until the whole of November 5 – explains the president Cirino Pomicino – not one more day". A measure – he adds – that will be unrepeatable.

How long will the work on the viaduct last? Two ordinances of the company. The times, as mentioned, will not be short. «The two-lane reduction proposed by Tangenziale di Napoli S.P.A. on the Capodichino viaduct – following the indication of the MIT to operate safety checks pursuant to the current technical standards for buildings – between the progressive km. 17 + 700 and km. 19 + 100 in both directions east-west (Capodichino – Pozzuoli), with the consequent reduction of the side docks in the ramps, immediately exiting east and entering in the west the Corso Malta junction will end at 24 of 31 December 2019. "It takes approximately 90 days to complete the security checks". The second order, 4/2019, provides for "the prohibition of transit for vehicles with a full load of more than 7.5 tons in the Fuorigrotta / Corso Malta motorway sections towards east-highways and Corso Malta / Capodimonte westbound-Pozzuoli ». In this case, however, the term of the ban is expected later, January 20, 2020, the deadline being more reasonable than the estimate of the 90 days required for the checks ».

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Why does it take so long? More than a few doubts have arisen. Despite the fact that the same managing director of Tangenziale has thrown water on the fire of controversy. "In any order," explains the Ad Riccardo Rigacci – of limitation a date must be indicated, but in the event that the checks will be completed sooner, the order will be promptly revoked ". the infrastructural safety – he adds – comes before the inconveniences, it is, I want to specify it of conservative interventions related more to prudence. And the letter received from MIT in 2018? "In no way concerned the Capodichino viaduct". Rigacci stresses that following the request of MIT (after the tragedy of the collapse, Morandi) "checks were carried out that did not reveal any type of problem". Up to the report of the technicians of the Ministry of Infrastructures.

You don't pay until November 5th. However, all transits on the bypass will also be recorded in order to understand the volume of losses not only for the ring road but also for the state. It is a tweet Paolo Cirino Pomicino. "We have accepted a request from MIT but there will not be a second time." What do you mean? "In the event that an extension of the exemption of the toll is requested to take care of it, only the Ministry will have to do it: if the resources are put well, otherwise it will not proceed. Don't forget that it is a joint-stock company that must follow very specific rules ». To us – he adds – we regret the inconvenience caused to citizens, safety comes first of all we are completing all the necessary checks. Pomicino, in reality, has hardly digested the accusations of the municipal administration. "The city – explains Pomicino – does not need new controversy, everyone does their part, we do ours and the Municipality does its own. The closure of a lane is a measure, I insist, of a prudential nature ". The last powers – specifies Pomicino – are of the government – if there is an emergency and this is not, let it be clear, the government takes charge of it and with the necessary appropriations ".

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Francesco Emilio Borrelli intervenes on the resource node for the maintenance of the bypass that collects about 70 million per year. "We cannot but agree with the initiative of Aidacon Consumatori – explains Borrelli – who presented a statement to the Public Prosecutor's Office on the lack of security controls on the structures by the Tangenziale di Napoli". On the basis of the report on the last approved balance sheet, it emerges that the company invests just over 3 million euros in the maintenance of facilities against toll revenue of over 69 million euros. "In practice – adds the regional councilor – maintenance costs are less than 5% of what motorists pay. Among other things, the report shows that the maintenance interventions of 2018 include those related to the restoration of deteriorated concrete along viaducts and overpasses. Well, we wonder how it is possible that in the course of such interventions the critical issues that led the ministry to the protests against the company did not emerge ».

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