With the publication by the Ministry of the Environment and of Energy Security, the verification of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the proposal Ancona Port Master Plan. The proposal is was presented yesterday to the subjects with environmental expertise, including the Marche Region and the Municipalities of Ancona, Falconara Marittima and Sirolo, so that they can express any opinions or environmental observations on the document. To The presentation was also attended by the port community.

The initial PRP proposal, which was used to draw up the preliminary environmental report - he recalled the Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea - is based on the objectives for the port of Ancona included in the Strategic planning document for the port system, approved by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport with the Decree 106 of 16 April 2024. A proposal that also includes the prescriptions expressed by the Marche Region and the Municipality of Ancona, such as the relocation of ferries to quays 19-20-21, the construction of the peninsula and the mobility systems in the historic port.

The procedure initiated at the Ministry of the Environment and Energy security will now have to lead to the formalization of of the studies and in-depth studies necessary for the drafting of the environmental report of the PRP, an indispensable document for the start-up of the next phase of the Environmental Assessment procedure Strategic. The SEA phase then includes a public consultation in all the public and private parties concerned, will be able to submit comments and contributions. In this regard, the president of the Port Authority, Vincenzo Garofalo, specified that, "as always happened in recent years, the document will be built listening, sharing content with administrations and taking into account the needs expressed by the market and by the local community. The hope - he added - is that this path will allow us to reach a proposal that increases the competitiveness of Ancona airport and stimulates positive community energies for a new relationship port-city founded on the opening of the historic port".