The care of the iron and water for ” of the northwest region Toti: “So central back” – The Republic

I wonder if this time it will be just the sea and to lead to the renewed version of the old “Ge.Mi.To” Industrial, presented today in the form of “macro-region of the North West Logistics” . Waned leadership of industrial enterprises today are services, people and goods, in charge.

And this can make the Liguria strength within a macro-region where two territories much more populated and economically more robust, Lombardy and Piedmont, must rely on the sea to grow, dedicating himself to the care of the iron and water. Only efficient services today can make a difference. Who will know more than the others to better manage the way of goods, in a word logistics, will win the challenge. To do that, however, it is still unthinkable to rely on the rubber, because road transport is already congested beyond measure. It must focus instead on the sea and on the rail and then, on the Ligurian ports (Genoa, Savona, La Spezia, although the latter is another director of traffic) and trains that can lead to the north containers. Liguria, in short, there are no alternatives, whether for trains for the sea, whereas its Genoa is the starting point of the European corridor leading up to Rotterdam. With this background, the protocol signed yesterday in Novara in the presence of Transport Minister Graziano Delrio by the governors of Lombardy, Piedmont and Liguria Maroni, Chiamparino and Toti, begins to have a certain thickness and leads to an albeit cautious optimism on the fact that ‘ operation concerned may continue in the concrete, avoiding to stop the ad usually resulting political parade. “I believe that this area of ​​the country have more responsibility because they are several hundred years that pulls our economy and it is the locomotive – said in his speech to the States General of the North West Logistics, the governor of Liguria Giovanni Toti – it is from the political view from some hundreds of years, and from the point economically. If this area is not to drive the country’s development is more difficult than this country colder. Today we answer simple questions that, with the presidents of Lombardy and Piedmont, we have set ourselves for the first time at the Expo in Milan: how to move goods and people in this area in which Italy produces more, in which consumes more and in which in some way is coordinated national effort to attack the most competitive markets in Europe? This is the question to which we must respond and respond in a very short time. ” The recovery of goods, in fact, could have a boomerang effect for the territories, especially the Ligurian. With new fillings of Sampierdarena terminal and upgrading of VTE Pra ‘Genoa port can reach up to 5-6 million containers within a few years. But without a strengthening of trains, then pouring the additional traffic on the road, the region is likely to collapse. The third pass, at best, would not come until 2021, and so it is necessary to intervene as soon as possible on esistente.Come network? “With the agreement of the program in 2015 and the 2016 update we get to put 17 billion for what I have called the iron cure for Italy –

explains the Minister of Transport Delrio – There is inside the high speed but also strengthening of freight corridors. These investments today the regions demand are expected in the new update. The government is oriented to make the logistics a key point for the development of the country. The goods will have to go more and more of iron. Italy is the jetty of Europe and so far has not been exploited this opportunity. “

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genoa

logistics

port

liguria

piedmont

lombardy

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