A20 Messina-Palermo, 22 overpasses at risk of collapse seized

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05 March 2021Degradation.

Fall of concrete cover and rubble.

This is what is read in the order by the investigating judge Salvatore Pugliese, of the Barcelona Pozzo di Gotto court, which led to the seizure of 22 overpasses including footbridges and overpasses, on the A20 Messina-Palermo motorway.

Conditions, we read again, are so evident that "the consultants noted the urgent danger of collapse and ruin in terms of high probability, and on the basis of the visual findings, having clarified how, for the purposes of their conclusions, they did not No instrumental investigation or calculation evaluations were necessary. ”The stability of the load-bearing structures, therefore, would be at risk“ due to a process of deterioration that has been active for some time ”.

Now the traffic junctions will suffer traffic restrictions precisely in order not to load the capacity of the structures until they are made safe.

Four people are being investigated for failure to work on buildings or constructions that threaten ruin.

He is the director of the Sicilian Motorways Consortium and 3 other senior officials of the consortium.

In a note, the Sicilian Motorways Consortium announces that "all the structures indicated in the seizure, none excluded, have already been affected for some time or by maintenance interventions followed by expert structural engineers, or by surveys and investigations scientific, conducted also taking into consideration the guidelines provided by the Ministry ". In detail - continues the note - 21 structures are being investigated, all crossed by roads not within our competence. Of these 17 are currently subject to routine maintenance , designed by engineers and approved according to current regulations. In-depth structural investigations are underway for 3 ".

 " As already stated on other occasions, it is good that the judiciary remains attentive to the events of the Sicilian Motorways Consortium, which pays the price of long years without a compass with obvious repercussions on services to the cities

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Today, however, the comparison with the legacy of the past allows us to fully appreciate the turnaround that, in terms of management and infrastructures, the Musumeci government has patiently set up and implemented ". This was stated by the Regional Councilor for Infrastructure Marco Falcone .