To Livorno Europe Platform is introduced the ban for the harbour new work



Today to Livorno, in Sala Ferretti of the Old Fortress, the Harbour Authority of the Leighorn port of call has introduced the ban of contest for the realization of the Europe Platform that is published on 20 January on the Italiana Gazette and that it previews, which first phase of the project, the construction of a new container terminal with docks for a total of 1.450 linear meters, 67 railway hectares of large squares, connections with long railroads 750 meters, a practicability of access on the Florence-Pisa-Livorno and a imbasamento of the structures to 20 meters of depth.

In occasion of the presentation the extraordinary commissioner of the Harbour Authority of Livorno, Giuliano Gallanti, has supported that "naval gigantism is lungi to have exhausted own propulsive thrust and - has added - a port as Livorno, than in the last year has realized performance from large numbers, he could not and he cannot afford to remain firm to look. The Europe Platform - it has explained - anticipates two extraordinary advantages, than of it they make a tip of diamond in the international context: the railway connection of the docks with the national net and I climb over it with the Interporto".

"In ten months - it has evidenced the general secretary of the harbour agency, Maximum Provincial - we are passed by the approval of the Portuale Town development plan to the publication of the ban of a work from 800 million euros. Draft of a record". For the entire completion of the first phase of the project, that it includes besides the realization of the terminal for containers, the outer works of protection and the new harbour mouth also the equipment of the terminal, investments for 867 million euros, of which 667 for the terminal and works of safety and 209 for the dredgings are previewed. The amount of the ban is of 504 million euros, of which 13,5 for the definitive planning, 306 for the construction of the terminal and 185 in order to acquire the large square and dock equipments. With the contest a private investment looks for that it will pile to 326,7 million euros between 185 million for the preparation, 13,5 million for the planning and a quota 128,2 million for the construction of the terminal.

The ban previews a duration of the concession 50-year-old between planning, construction and management of the terminal. In the first phase of the contest the interest manifestations will come collections. The subjects in order to make ahead will have time until on 22 March, except - it has specified the technical leader of the Harbour Authority, Enrico Pribaz - eventual delays to the sieve, also because of the numerous manifestations of interest that are reaching the agency. Therefore to the end of March to the Ministry of the economic Development the Conference of the Services between the administrations interested for the validity of the feasibility study will meet. , At the same time according to the law regional n.46 of 2013, public open to the citizenship will be started on Florence a debate that will conclude to May/june. The subjects that will have received the invitation letter will have then six months in order to write up the preliminary project and to carry out all the necessary analyses Geo-techniques on the areas interested from the realization of the work. The Harbour Authority has specified that in order to verify the ulterior administrative documentation, the technical and economic offers, us other four months will want at least before to reach to the location of the highest bidder. The promoter will have to then develop to the definitive and executive planning of all the work, that it will have to be subordinate to the appraisal of the Higher council of the Public works and to the appraisal of environmental impact.

"Finally - the president of the Tuscany Region has commented, Enrico Rossi - there are. The Europe Platform is an important investment that it will afford to Livorno to become a great port". Rossi has announced that "next 20 February the Cipe will unblock 50 million euros of deep civil servants promised for maxi the Dock. Now - he has added - it must ahead go with determination and confidence: we were right to wanting an infrastructure of these proportions and with these depths. Task - it has concluded - than the port and the city can play an extraordinary game".