The approval of the decree on large ships makes this “really an important day: it is no exaggeration to call it historic because after years of waiting from 1 August no more large ships will pass in front of San Marco and the Giudecca canal”. Thus Dario Franceschini, Minister of Culture, at the end of the Council of Ministers which approved the law in question. At the beginning, the premier had announced the approval of the NRP by the Council of the Economy and Finance of the European Union. “Italy will soon receive about 25 billion euros, 13% of the total resources destined for our country.
This decision must be a source of pride for Italy, ”said Draghi.
Dragons: spend the money that will arrive well
«The Plan is the result of the close collaboration that has taken place within the Government and between the ministries. It was approved by a large majority in Parliament, and after the full involvement of local authorities and social partners. But it must also be a stimulus to spend the money that will come to us well, and to approve the reforms we have agreed with the European Commission quickly ”, added the President of the Council. “These are in fact the necessary conditions to receive all the 191.5 billion euros, in loans and subsidies, which have been assigned to us. And to continue showing us a credible and reliable country. A role that, thanks to your work, is recognized more and more every day ».
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In a short time Authority of the Lagoon
The decree adopted today, explains Palazzo Chigi in a note, «constitutes an important step for the protection of the Venetian lagoon system. These rules intervene immediately with the precautions and refreshments necessary to mitigate the employment impact on the sector and are flanked by the competition of ideas, whose announcement has already been published, for the future construction and management of docking points outside the protected areas of the lagoon with the aim of making cruise activities compatible with landscape and environmental protection ». At the same time, it is added, “the works to complete the Mose will be completed and the Lagoon Authority will be implemented in a short time with the rebirth of the Water Magistrate”.
Landings in Marghera and compensation
The blocking of the transit of large ships in the lagoon by the end of the legislature «was a commitment I had made publicly. The intervention has become unpostponable, at least as regards the San Marco Basin and the Giudecca Canal, on the eve of the forty-fourth enlarged session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which will discuss, among other things, the state of conservation of the site of the historic city of Venice and its Lagoon “, Franceschini adds, commenting on the adoption by the executive of the decree which declares, on the basis of the Code for cultural heritage and landscape, the urban waterways San Marco Basin, Canale of San Marco and Giudecca Canal of Venice national monument. «The Government wanted to give a strong acceleration to a decision already adopted, with the competition announcement for the realization of external landings, to avoid the concrete risk of the inscription of the city in the list of world heritage in danger. The measure exceeds the same requirements of UNESCO, limiting traffic to ships of less than twenty-five thousand tons, and establishes an imperative principle, declaring the urban waterways of San Marco Basin, Canale di San Marco and Canale della Giudecca a national monument. from Venice”.
The scope of application
The navigation ban is envisaged for ships with at least one of these characteristics: more than 25,000 gross tonnage; more than 180 meters in length; more than 35 meters high – production exceeding 0.1% sulfur. A fund is foreseen to guarantee a contribution to related companies and workers. Ships that do not have the aforementioned four characteristics, and which are therefore considered sustainable, will be able to continue to dock (these are cruise ships with around 200 passengers).