Yesterday in the port of Livorno the works of the value of 16 million euros for the enlargement of the access to the airport which is expected to be completed in 655 days. The contract aims to increase safety standards in maritime accessibility to the industrial port and also includes the aquatic intervention of the Tower of the Marzocco

The intervention will make it possible to widen the access channel which currently has a width between the two banks of 70 meters bringing it to 120 meters, with the construction of a new quayside that will also allow the construction of the subsequent dredging interventions that will guarantee deepening at -13 meters below the banks and at -16 meters in correspondence with the center of the navigable gutter.

Regarding the "aquatics" project of the Torre del Marzocco, built five centuries ago in the middle of the sea and 54 meters high, today the work is on the mainland inside of the industrial port and is surrounded by cranes and containers. The intervention involves the construction of a water basin around the historic property, which will thus be surrounded by water. Before proceeding with the final excavation of the body of water, the competent bodies will be able to carry out conservative restoration work both of the monument and of its fortifications. The goal is make this monumental asset accessible and visitable from the public also by sea.