A billion euros, maybe more. The reclamation of the former Italsider area of Bagnoli still needs more money. Many, according to the Minister for the South Mara Carfagna. The case, one of the most problematic in recent Italian history, returned to the Chamber of Deputies where the Minister answered questions from Forza Italia. The deputies asked for updates on the state of implementation of the major reclamation project. It has been around since 1997 and no one is yet able to say when it will end. The Minister, among other things, also presides over the control room of the mega intervention. A few months ago you took hold of the voluminous and disastrous dossier and reopened the dialogue with all the interested parties. Dozens have been waiting for years to see an environmental and industrial regeneration design that gives new life to a part of Naples. It was the ransom badge of the ancient capital Mezzogiorno, it has become symbol of inefficiency and waste. To say that those who expected urban regeneration in a reasonable time are discouraged and disappointed is an understatement.
With Draghi, the project is returning to more concrete levels. The circumstance that for a few weeks has been there - as a more attentive partner - the new mayor of Naples and former minister Gaetano Manfredi. Manfredi was immediately appointed Commissioner for the reclamation in place of the manager Francesco Floro Flores. He is a calm person, he has found a municipality in disarray, the legacy of ten years of inefficient administrations, but he is in constant dialogue with the government and the Region. A good start that restarts from the authorization procedures and on which the government is committed to heal slowness previous. Many ministers have grappled with the Bagnoli case, making only studies, projects and illusions grow. Often even an abstract vision of environmentalism has ended up holding back things of common sense and putting capital to flight.
Di Bagnoli, Minister Carfagna will certainly speak to the industrialists in Naples next week in one of the meetings territories on the PNRR wanted by the government. The missing billion, he told the deputies in the meantime, “concerns coverage for reclamation activities and the financing of infrastructures outside the industrial area. I have undertaken to cover at least the planning of the works with the next programming of the Development and Cohesion Fund".
“It is not possible that after 30 years there may be some work in progress, but that nothing concrete can be seen being carried out” relaunched Manfredi. On Bagnoli it is important to compare with Invitalia (subject implementing the reclamation) to have a time schedule that also begins to guarantee achievements. The overall future of the area for the successor of Louis De Magistriyes ? Simple and attractive. Two futuristic projects on scientific research, enhancement of the sea, promotion of culture: 'Polars' ed 'Culture Innovation Ecosystem'.
Both rely on funds from the PNRR and it means a lot for those who have had commissioner powers never given to De Magistris, who was, among other things, a fierce opponent of Matteo Renzi when he was Prime Minister, on the implementation methods of the reclamation. He didn't help the good cause of Bagnoli. Polars will be a “citizen science” from 14 million euro promoted by the CNR in collaboration with other research institutes. The city awaits him as a place for applications and experiments.”Ecosystem Innovation Culture ", insteade, vale 75 million euro and belongs to the Federico II University. It will be a hub of innovative, digital cultural enterprises with dozens of SMEs and new jobs inside. A sort of Bagnoli 2.0 that can affect at least 4 missions of the PNRR, from digitization to inclusion, to work, focused on environmental sustainability and the reorganization of urban spaces. Idea from which it all started many, many, years ago.
