The Government finally lengthens the pace for hydrogeological instability and commits 100 million euros. An initial allocation that will make 500 regional projects operational. The Minister of the Environment, Gianluca Galletti, declares himself optimistic about the multiplier effect that these sums will have in the territories.
Between direct and indirect activities, the estimate is of an integrated system of around two billion euro. The amount available is welcomed in the South. In fact, 80% of the funds will be used in Campania, Puglia, Calabria and Sicily. In need of environmental protection and protection, these Regions will have to demonstrate that they know how to spend well and that they have deserved the top list.
The first projections say that a euro allocated here can be worth twenty on construction sites, considering the procurement and processing times. There is, therefore, expectation for the system to be effective and protected from conditioning factors.
On the other hand, there are many qualified companies waiting for the government's signal. In the allocation of resources, the remaining 20% goes to the Centre-North. Certainly less critical area than in the South, but not entirely calm due to environmental and hydrogeological risks.
The challenge - comments Galletti - is to cut ties with a past of bureaucratic delays and to make structured, technically advanced planning, capable of immediately starting the works on the territory. The fund for now remains the only one in the public works sector and shares operational responsibility with the Governors.
It also counts as political experimentation since it always collects complaints after disasters and landslides. The distribution of the 100 million primarily regards interventions envisaged in the plan for the metropolitan areas.
Then, it gradually finances the 2015-2020 national hydrogeological plan and finally the projects which, in addition to lowering the hydrogeological risk, can have an effect on the ecosystem and biodiversity. The first step is done.
