Mayor Conti: “Historic moment, let’s kick off a work that redesigns the mobility between two parts of the city”

Pisa. Work has begun for the construction of the new cycle / pedestrian bridge that will connect Cisanello to Riglione. Yesterday the conference to present the works was held in Cisanello in the area along the Arno embankment behind the hospital, where the construction site was set up and where the first cleaning of the embankments and excavation for laying began. poles that will support the structure. Present the mayor of Pisa Michele Conti, the President of the Regional Council Antonio Mazzeo, the administrative director of the Pisan university hospital Carlo Milli, the city planning councilor Massimo Dringoli, the commissioner for public works Raffaele Latrofa, the administrator of Pisamo Andrea Bottone, the director Alessandro Fiorindi and the owner of the company entrusted with the work Matteo Preve. Present together with his family, too Antonella Melani, daughter of Ugo Melani, the “boatman” who until 1980 (shortly before the construction of the Ponte delle Bocchette) accompanied all the Pisans who moved from one bank of the river to the other with his boat.

The works, entrusted to the company Preve Costruzioni of Cuneo for the duration of 300 days, are followed by Pisamo, who was commissioned by the Municipality to manage the planning phase, the assignment and the execution of the works. The intervention has a total cost of 3.5 million euros, of which 1.7 million financed by the Municipality of Pisa and 1.4 million by the Tuscany Region, to which is added a contribution of 400 thousand euros from the Hospital. University of Pisa.

«The start of this construction site is a historic day for Pisa – declares the mayor of Pisa Michele Conti -. As we announced, the works started by the end of 2021 to arrive at the inauguration of the new bridge in December 2022. It is a work that has been waiting for years, which redesigns the mobility between two parts of the city that are disconnected from each other. The new walkway, which will give great impetus to gentle mobility, will allow Riglione to be easily connected to the Cisanello hospital center and to the entire northern part of the city, without necessarily using the car ». «The first step towards the realization of a dream – added the president of the regional council Antonio Mazzeo -. In 2015, together with my colleagues elected in the Pisan area, I strongly wanted the Region to co-finance this project presented by the municipal administration of the time. I bring greetings from the president Eugenio Giani and I express great satisfaction ».

The new bridge is designed to allow in the event of an extraordinary emergency, such as the closure of the Ponte delle Bocchette to traffic, the transit of ambulances and emergency vehicles. On the Cisanello side, a stretch of viaduct is foreseen that will connect the walkway, via a ramp, to the cycle / pedestrian path that develops behind the hospital along the embankment, from where it will continue in connection with Viale delle Piagge. From the Riglione side, the bridge will reconnect to via Malatesta, through a raised ramp, positioned parallel to the river.

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