Harry's damage, a race against time: "We must be ready for the America's Cup."
Mayor Zedda, yesterday at the inspection of Poetto with Minister Musumeci, accelerated the restoration of the coastline after the passage of the cyclonePer restare aggiornato entra nel nostro canale Whatsapp
There's an estimate of the damage. Just fixing the bars and kiosks in Poetto might not be enough for a million euros. The devastation left by Cyclone Harry comes from workers on the Cagliari coast. Centomila Beach was one of the hardest-hit areas in the Cagliari area, along with Capoterra , where Civil Protection Minister Nello Musumeci, who was on the island for a few hours yesterday, continued his inspection .
The government representative was also accompanied by the mayor of the Sardinian capital, Massimo Zedda .
The government official promised to "support reconstruction on the island," standing alongside the Region, municipalities, and residents. But the Zedda administration is moving forward on its own two feet to expedite the repairs to Poetto as quickly as possible. The America's Cup preliminary regatta is scheduled for May 21st to 24th, and the mayor wants the city to be ready for this major sporting event. Zedda reiterated this yesterday in the City Council, where he spoke to explain the administration's handling of the emergency.
Meanwhile, the offices are preparing forms to " facilitate the request for compensation ." The €33 million allocated by the government, plus the €5.5 million approved by the Council, are already available for Sardinia. Of course, the tenders still need to be written, but the mayor wants operators to move as far as possible with the procedures. Not only that: in anticipation of the coastal cleanup , a political meeting is scheduled at City Hall today to begin defining the rules that public and private stakeholders will have to follow . This will also include managing the piles of debris and sand that have settled along the beach.
In short, Harry didn't leave behind in Sardinia the destruction wrought, for example, in Niscemi, the village in the province of Caltanissetta where the landslide reached a depth of four kilometers. Over 1,500 families were displaced, many of whom will never be able to return to their homes. "But here too," the minister said yesterday, "there is significant damage and action is needed."