No but also yes to the Canalone, or at least to a part of it. The mayor of Sassari intervened with a statement, on the sidelines of the city council in which a motion was discussed precisely on the work of mitigating the hydrogeological risk in the Fosso della Noce. "This administration", declared the mayor Giuseppe Mascia, " believes it is against the interest of the community to revoke the resolution approving the project and the awarding of the integrated contract . This would expose the Municipality to requests for compensation from the successful tenderer and to the certain loss of ministerial and regional funding".

Mascia instead believes it is essential to seek a solution that combines the protection and enhancement of the territory with hydraulic safety . This is possible through the Via procedure. «It should be remembered that the Municipality of Sassari, even before the start of the Via procedure, began discussions with the Agency of the Hydrographic District of Sardinia to evaluate a variant to the Pai to mitigate the areas of danger and the level of risk».

The mayor emphasizes how the prices of the works, from the announcement of the tender to today have increased a lot. « This could determine the need to reduce the works in the project , with the removal of part of them and the definition of an intervention lot that first of all favors removing the obstacles to the flow of water at the height of the two embankments of Viale Trieste and Viale Trento. As for the request for community involvement, the procedure of the Via provides for the involvement of the institutional bodies and the interested public, to receive any improvements. As for the future of the valley, we have already said that we want to provide for maximum involvement through a competition of ideas and other participation mechanisms».

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