A-Infos (en) Italy, FAS Sicilia Libertaria: Trapani: new concrete flows against the salt pans (ca, de, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

That of the cemetery and the other of the stadium are the only green 
spots that can be seen from above as you reach a viewpoint along the 
hairpin bends that lead from Trapani to the top of the Erice hill. The 
rest of the territory, narrow in the classic pointed shape between the 
two seas, suffocates between concrete, asphalt and rows of cars 
circulating or parked everywhere. ---- In these conditions, and I forget 
that the presence of areas permeable to rainwater represents the only 
prevention of the not infrequent harmful floods that hit the city, the 
city government - led by PD and Northern League hidden under the civic 
flags - has decided to support yet another cement building project.

Since the "America's Cup" - 2005 - the city right, at the time led by 
Senator Antonio D'Alì (Forza Italia), now imprisoned in the Opera prison 
in Milan serving a sentence for external complicity in a mafia 
association, and certain rampant and unscrupulous city entrepreneurship, 
have set themselves the objective of re-demarcating the Reserve, of the 
Salt Lines of Trapani to carry out building speculation on the 
"liberated" areas. Already in 2003, the construction of illegal 
construction works in the former salt pans was reported, in that case 
with the involvement of Giuseppe Ruggirello, later a regional deputy of 
the Democratic Party and now convicted in first instance for mafia. 
Those illegal works were then remedied on paper.

«Now comes the mega project of roads serving the SEZ; a subdivision 
project reappears which includes the inevitable buildings, as well as a 
multiplex and a set of commercial establishments", denounced, in general 
silence, Emilio Mangiarotti, president of Erythros association for 
public/private greenery and urban decoration.

The environmentalist association, in particular, criticizes «the 
construction of the infrastructures linked to the SEZ impacting the salt 
pans area: It is clear that the salt pans area will not be able to hold 
up much longer in the face of the appetites of a society which, in 
words, he is moved and takes his children to see the storks, the 
cormorants, the egrets and the iconic flamingos, but then he doesn't get 
upset when it comes to building concrete everywhere and at any cost."

Among the planned works, «a viaduct that runs parallel to an existing 
one to support a hypothetical increase in freight traffic at the port of 
Trapani. A viaduct which should reduce (by less than a km!!!) the route 
compared to the existing one, which passes over one of the very few 
green areas of the city, recently recovered by the municipality of 
Trapani itself, which sees (at the moment in which we write) the 
settlement of storks - birds rarely seen in Trapani».

This work is added to the "two variations to the PUG which made it 
possible to build the RSA which took away almost 8 thousand square 
meters of land intended for greenery, and started the underpass by RFI 
in the same area". From the 1960s to today, anthropic pressure on the 
territory has become unsustainable; the Trapani salt pans have begun to 
be surrounded by new buildings: the condominiums in Via Virgilio, the 
desalination plant and the purifier, and then many industrial warehouses 
which, once the financing was disposed of, closed their doors without - 
as ISPRA proposes - any provided for the reuse of already artificialized 
areas rather than new land consumption.

«Next to the pools now frequented by dozens of different species of 
birds, the economic fabric of the historic city is also being damaged», 
adds the Erythros statement.

With the new works planned, explains the association, «a further 
emptying of the historic center of the city is decreed, an already ghost 
historic center, now reduced to an empty box with only a few streets in 
which accommodation facilities, bars, restaurants and pizzerias, with 
negative and dangerous repercussions on the social life of our fellow 
citizens".

«The subdivision project is anachronistic - assures Emilio Margagliotti 
of Erythros -, in fact, the trend recognized by all the administrations 
is to promote initiatives to repopulate the historic centers of the cities».

«What will be the effect on the local economy deriving from the SEZ? How 
many jobs will be created? Has an analysis of the economic impact of the 
project been carried out? What are the expected results? On the basis of 
which studies?" asks Margagliotti, finding no confirmation in the 
planning documents he examined.

Erythros' conclusion is clearly a rejection of the capitalist system: «A 
development model that favors immediate and easy profit to the detriment 
of quality of life and environmental protection is no longer acceptable. 
The private individual who is in business hardly takes into account if 
his interest conflicts with naturalistic needs; while the politician, to 
demonstrate that "he is good", does not miss out on funding to carry out 
projects of any nature".

Not caring if the works for which he received funding really serve the 
community and do not collide with environmental protection.

Christmas Save

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