Closing the road another blow for the economy after the earthquake and covid
(ANSA) – CASTELSANTANGELO SUL NERA, 27 JUN – The Marche gates, which lead to the flowering of Castelluccio di Norcia, are closed to traffic on the weekends of 3-4 and 10-11 July cause institutional bodies to discuss. The mayors of the Municipalities of Arquata del Tronto, Castelsantangelo sul Nera, Montegallo, Montemonaco and Visso are not there and explain their position on the “table” that involved the two Regions – Marche and Umbria – the Municipalities, the Provinces and the Prefectures of the related territories. The crux was and remains that of limiting access to Castelluccio, with Umbria proposing to set up the shuttle service in the first two weekends of July.
Proposal not accepted by the Marche side, with the consequence that the Prefecture of Perugia has decided to close the road accesses of Castelsantangelo and Arquata-Pretare. With the “blessing” of Legambiente of the two regions. “Interdicting and closing the only road of interconnection between two Regions and between two Marche Provinces, especially in the period of maximum tourist influx in our areas, means inflicting a further fatal blow to the economy of our territories which have had to suffer the resulting suffering first from the 2016 earthquake, then from the Covid19 pandemic and today, paradoxically, also from the flowering of Castelluccio 2021 “, write the mayors.
Which explain the reasons that led them not to accept the proposal: “We have repeatedly reiterated the impossibility of identifying suitable parking areas both for the orography of the territory and for the constraints imposed by the sentence which are also equal in our territory “, they explain referring to the decisions issued over the years by the court of civic uses.
The mayors now hope that “the closure decision can be revised”, allowing the transit “at least” to two wheels. “Pending the official decisions that will be undertaken by the competent bodies, in renewing confidence for a rethinking but, should this not occur, we will be extremely careful to assert our rights”, they conclude. The councilor for civil protection of the Marche, Stefano Aguzzi, had also taken a position on the vicedna, calling for “a shared solution”. (HANDLE).