Infrastructure, drought, jobs, raw materials, investments, energy.
A comprehensive speech by Alessandra Todde who was heard today by the Insularity Committee as part of the Parliament's fact-finding inquiry into the identification of disadvantages arising from insularity.
Railways and highways
Sardinia, the president said, "is the Region with the lowest infrastructure index in Italy, 50.5 points out of 100 against 78.8 in the rest of the South". It is the European island "geographically most isolated, with 1,580,000 residents dispersed in 68 inhabitants per square kilometer", which creates "discontinuity, delays and weakness in connections".
"The lack of investment has repercussions internally and affects the development of the territories, creating the effect of an island within an island", added Todde, also recalling that Sardinia has no highways and has "crumbling and uncompetitive" railways. Yet, "it does not appear to have benefited from any system infrastructure intervention".
Energy
No mention of the wind assault but the request to "review the limitations" on energy communities. "The high cost of energy and logistics are brakes on development and make us less competitive. Energy communities for businesses and citizens have, for example, a maximum limit of one megawatt, in island territories it needs to be reviewed because transport costs are higher".
Drought
The water emergency. The governor recalls last summer as one of the most problematic and observes that the trend is not improving. «The Sardinian network exceeds 50% of losses with peaks of 70%. In the regions of Baronia and Origliasso thousands of citizens had water for only two hours a day, it is not tolerable in a G7 member country. It is necessary for the State to take action».
Transport
Always a central theme. "We demand a greater financial commitment from the State, we must give priority to air and sea accessibility, at least as they do in France and Spain", Todde stressed.
