The Regions with the greatest hydrogeological risk take the first funds from the Pnrr. The bureaucracy that underlies the expenditure remains, however, the monster harder to break down. In Basilicata the President of the Region Vito Bardi signed an agreement for safety measures with the Province of Matera and some Municipalities. Three Municipalities at risk – Montescaglioso, Pomarico and Stigliano – must implement specific projects for 5 million euros in order not to suffer further damage. It will be said as soon as possible, after what happened in Emilia Romagna. And instead, if all goes well, fear will only be eradicated in 2025. Why? Because by November 30 of this year, the assignment procedure must be started. The works must begin no later than 15 April 2024. The closure of the construction sites is set for 31 December 2025. In practice, the inhabitants of three Municipalities - symbol of the territorial collapse - will face two more winters without being sheltered from extreme phenomena. To these projects apply public works rules and regulations leading to delays and confusion. Checks by the Court of Auditors or not, everything proceeds as if we lived in an ultra-secure country. Unforgivable mistake for a government that says it wants to "do things well and on time".
Basilicata is all at risk
The money to spend in Basilicata is more 33,5 million euro: 8,35 million for existing projects and 25,2 for new projects. The chapter of the Pnrr is "Measures for the management of flood risk and for the reduction of hydrogeological risk". The title sounds mocking after deaths and devastation in succession in the North and in the South. It seems more suitable for a chapter of administrative law than for an emergency response. “The remaining Municipalities and the Province of Matera – President Bardi told Ansa – will be able solve problems related to the mitigation of hydrogeological and hydraulic risk in the areas affected by the calamitous events of 2013, 2017 and 2019 which led to states of emergency of a national nature". Understood? These are territories that have been affected by landslides, landslides and disasters for at least ten years. There tragedy of Emilia Romagna seems erased from political memory. The government has complained about the spending capacity of local authorities. With punctiliousness towards the previous governments, he specified that of the 16 billion of the cohesion funds only 34% had been spent. But when the Senate was asked to restore the structure of “Safe Italy“, dissolved by an ill-advised Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni he didn't answer. The Minister of the Environment Gilberto Pichetto Fratin in Emilia Romagna he said: “We need planning, programming, by Municipalities, Provinces, Regions and the State. But, when it is decided, a work of prevention must be done. Too Many Opinions Required: bureaucracy is the problem“. So? The Minister for Civil Protection In the Musumeci announced a hydrogeological prevention plan for 2024, while nothing is known about the Climate Plan. Basilicata is among the 9 Regions with 100% hydrogeological risk. All 131 of the Provinces of Potenza and Matera are struggling with instability, flooding and flooding. A medium-high level, according to theIspra that interests 120 thousand inhabitants. The bureaucracy does not take them into account.
