The intermodal hubs of Melzo and Milano Smistamento will be included in the Simplified Logistics Zone (ZLS) of the port and Genoa hinterland. This was established by the Lombardy Region through a council resolution approved on the proposal of the the Councillor for Infrastructure and Public Works, Claudia Maria Third parties, in application of the decree implementing the national law which regulates the FTAs. Following the resolution of the regional council Lombardy, the procedural process will continue with the transmission of the proposal to perimeter the areas of the Milan hinterland Sorting and Melzo to the Liguria Region so that the integrated into its regional Strategic Development Plan as follows: to be sent updated to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.

"We have been waiting for a long time for the implementing decree of the law that established the FTAs. Once he arrived - explained the councilor Claudia Maria Terzi - Lombardy Region, in collaboration with the Liguria and Piedmont, immediately set to work to define the perimeter of the Lombard areas linked to the areas of the port and hinterland of Genoa. The delimitation of the FTA, with the indication of the portions of territory concerned is a a fundamental and long-awaited piece by the world of logistics for strategic development planning. The companies considered within the areas because they are compatible with the industrial function and because they promote investments in those sites - recalled the councilor - will in fact be able to benefit administrative simplifications and tax breaks. The FTAs represent an opportunity to stimulate the economy and create an environment conducive to investment, both as a meeting point between public and private, and above all between industrial companies and transport and transport operators logistics".