Autostrade emphisizes that it is the first subwater tunnel in Italy. They also write in their media release that it is the 'largest in Europe', I think what they mean is probably in euro amount. There are longer subwater tunnels in Europe already.

The Subportal Tunnel construction site in Genoa starts: the first underwater tunnel in Italy, the largest in Europe

The works, created by Autostrade per l'Italia, were inaugurated this morning in the presence of the Salvini ministers and planted

Genoa, March 4, 2024 - The works of the subporting tunnel of Genoa, the first submarine tunnel ever made in Italy and the largest in Europe, started this morning. It is a work that represents the excellence of Italian engineering and which contains all the characteristics of a new way of conceiving infrastructures. Designed with an in mind of environmental and social sustainability, the new tunnel represents a turning point of strategic relevance for the territory and for the country, improving both city connections, and accessibility to the port of Genoa, among the first Italian ports for freight traffic and passengers, fundamental access on the Mediterranean Sea to the European market for goods from/to the whole world.

Thanks to the opening to the traffic of the new work, scheduled by August 2029, more than 1 million travel hours can be saved every year, with positive effects also in environmental terms. The city will also conquer 10 hectares of new urban parks on the surface, for the benefit of the communities. The tunnel project, in fact, was born as a real urban redevelopment plan, as well as transportation, placing itself the objective of contributing to the strengthening of the urban green network, going to mended highly anthropized areas with the creation of three new public parks and cycle and pedestrian paths capable of enhancing pre -existing buildings. The new parks will thus become an integral part of the Genoese landscape system, recalling its characteristics and the history of its territory, its gardens, parks, squares and its seafront, in favor of a structural continuity of the green systems in defense and support of quality environmental and biodiversity.

The project, defined thanks to the contribution of the territorial institutions on the basis of the Genoa Masterplan drawn up by the Studio Renzo Piano and under the supervision of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, is an expression of the synergy among the companies of the ASPI group, starting from Tecne, Company of engineering that has edited its design, up to Amplia, the first construction company for national activities, which will take care of the first phase of processing.

To inaugurate the construction site located in the Genoese district of San Benigno, this morning were the vice -president of the Council and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Matteo Salvini, the Minister of the Interior Matteo planted, the deputy minister of infrastructure and transport Edoardo Rixi, The President of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti, the Prefect of Genoa Cinzia Torraco, the mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci, the extraordinary commissioner of the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Paolo Piacenza and, for Autostrade per l'Italia, President Elisabetta Oliveri and the CEO Roberto Tomasi.

Valley of the preparatory works already started during 2023, the works start today with the start of the demolition of the large CSM industrial shed, by two gigantic cranes with pliers, thus opening an area of over 25,000 square meters in the city in the city What the west entrance of the tunnel will be obtained, from which the excavations will start. With a 3.4 kilometer long route, consisting of two separate main tunnels, one for each direction of travel, of the external excavation diameter of about 16 meters, which will flow at a maximum depth of -45 meters in the port basin area, the Subporty tunnel project of Genoa, thanks to an investment of about 1 billion euros, sets itself at the top of the world among the underwater tunnels due to the size of the excavation diameter.

Following, at the headquarters of the Prefecture of Genoa, the protocol of legality relating to the project was signed, which aims to enhance transparency and legality, preventing and fighting illegal activities in the phases of assignment and construction of the works, through monitoring systems systems and the control of the subjects involved, for the necessary information to the competent authorities regarding any suspicion of mafia infiltrations, and for the application of sanctions in the case of violations of the measures provided for in the protocol.

"Today's day represents a historical moment for Genoa and throughout Liguria - comments the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti -. The start of the works of the subporty tunnel, a single project in Italy, is in fact a milestone expected for some time, which Liguria Region contributed to reaching the authorization process linked to the conference of service in record time, in less than a year. This construction site is added to those of the great works in Realization course, which will help revolutionize Liguria as the third pass, the Genoa railway node or the new port dam. A result resulting from the synergy between all the institutions involved, combined in the common objective of making this territory more and more attractive not only for tourists, but also for investments, thus promoting the growth and development of the whole region ".

“It is a pride today inaugurating a construction site that will change the face of Genoa over the next few years -explains the mayor of Genoa Marco Bucci -. The subporty tunnel represents a strategic work, which will improve circulation in our city with greater safety and sustainability also from an environmental point of view. A real revolution for Genoa, a unique infrastructure of its kind in Italy, one of the most futuristic projects right now in Europe, on which we have believed strongly since its design. A high -level engineering work that together with the new Waterfront, the dam and the Lantern Park will totally change the face of this area of the city. We are ready to face this new challenge, months of great work await us to give life to the new subporty tunnel that will project Genoa towards the future. "

For Paolo Piacenza, Extraordinary Commissioner ADSP of the Western Ligurian Sea: "The start of the works for the construction of the sub-service tunnel is a further step forward towards an epochal transformation of the mobility of Genoa in whose fabric the transport and logistical node is innervated port that will thus benefit from this new and modern scrolling artery, alternative to the current roads, to complete what is one of the objectives of the ADSP: optimize the flows of heavy traffic and passengers directed in port to make development more sustainable of the economies of the sea with long -lasting positive effects in the area. The co-planification between the institutions proves incorrectly in carrying out infrastructure interventions of international strategic value, such as the new Foranea dam and the strengthening of the Genoa-terzo Valico railway node, at the same time harmonizing the construction sites with the needs for the protection of the environment , livability and port activities. Once again, the synergy between port, cities and institutions sets in motion regeneration and growth processes that look to the future. "

"The tunnel is a new great challenge for ASPI" says the CEO of Autostrade per l'Italia, Roberto Tomasi. "A complex work, prototype of a new way of thinking about infrastructures, looking at the mobility of tomorrow. A future able to make environmental, economic and social sustainability run together, since one cannot ignore the other. At the center of this revolution, the skills that make it possible to change. A work that puts the engineering back to the center of the national scene and which constitutes a concrete response to the need to combine rubber mobility with the sustainability objectives, in the sphere of the great plan for the decarbonization illustrated in the recent study signed by ASPI and other large players on the national scene. I live in an intense season for our group, in the sign of increasingly sustainable mobility, once again starting from Genoa ".

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