Yesterday, two judgments of the Council of State were published on the transfer of chemical deposits of the Superba companies and Attilio Carmagnani within the area of Multedo to that of Sampierdarena, near Ponte Somalia, in the port of Genoa. It is of pronouncements on the appeal that has been filed by the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea for the reform of the sentence of the Regional Administrative Court for Liguria which had resolved to stop the defined project through the simplified technical adaptation tool of the port master plan which provides for the formula of the Silent assent. The Council of State confirmed what was decided by the Regional Administrative Court, specifying that the project represents a modification substantial to the PRP and that the need for the relocation has a purely urban nature, confirming moreover, the correctness of what has already been found by the Regional Administrative Court which had considered that the increase in the environmental burden determined by the the inclusion of a repository of hazardous substances, and flammable properties in port areas intended for the handling of goods of various kinds exceeded the scope of application of the adaptation functional technical.

In a note, the Port Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea explained that it having taken note of the sentence of the Council of State which - recalls The Authority - "intervenes on a measure adopted in 2021 as part of a process started at the request of the administration with the aim of identifying a solution to a a problem that has been present in the area for some time". "In the compliance with the ruling - the note specifies - the Authority confirms its willingness to contribute, as far as of competence, to an overall reconsideration of the issue, which maintains a topical character and relevance for the city and for the port system. The measure that was annulled today in fact, placed in a normal framework of collaboration institutional relationship with the Municipality of Genoa, which continues to characterize relations between entities. In this perspective, the opening of a shared technical discussion can take place soon and, as usual in institutional relations, in the context of a specific initiative by the municipal administration, which the Port Authority is willing to respond positively".