Ports: Sicily, strategic planning document presented

The Strategic Planning Document of the Port System of the Western Sicilian Sea was presented today to the Department of the Territory of the Sicilian Region. The councilor Toto Cordaro, the president of the system authority, Pasqualino Monti, the general manager of the town planning department of the councilorship, Calogero Beringheli, and the Professor Maurizio Carta, who coordinated the research groups of the University of Palermo (urban planning and planning, hydraulic and transport engineering, development economics), in support of the drafting of the document. The Scientific Technical Committee, set up within the Territory and Environment Department, gave a favorable opinion on the document that illustrates objectives, purposes and strategies, which will now pass to the examination of the council for approval and will subsequently be presented at the national conference of presidents. of the System Authorities and to the Minister Enrico Giovannini. “Defining the vision of the port system and the future developments of the port and interport system represents an important moment – said the commissioner Cordaro – in the context of the collaboration that the Sicilian Region has established with the system authority. growth engine that stimulates all the other actors of regional and local development to act in synergy for the common interest of the economies of the sea. The Musumeci government is very attentive to port assets, recognizing their strategic importance and the contribution they make to the economy “. “This is a fundamental act that outlines the guiding strategy for strengthening the ports of call from a system perspective – underlined President Monti -, to renew the relationship between port areas, cities and territories and also represents the guideline for future port regulatory plans. It also enhances the effectiveness of the port system for the development of the entire territorial system of reference, enhancing the individual territorial identities “.