After almost 15 years the Municipality of Alghero will be able to free the islet of Maddalenetta from the wreck of a sailboat which has been lying semi submerged since March 2008 . The Department of the Environment has in fact obtained 40,000 euros for the removal of the hull which has often been the subject of various reports , including by environmental associations, which have always seen a potential danger of pollution in what remains of the vessel. the marine and coastal environment .
Since the time of the events, the Maritime Authority had repeatedly warned the owner to remove the vessel, but without success. Now that the resources are there, we can proceed with the reclamation. "The intent is to work for the removal - said the councilor for the environment Andrea Montis - with a process that is not exactly fluid, but we would like to finally close the procedure and for this we have formulated specific requests to the Sardinia Region, precisely to the regional councilor for the defense of the environment , certain that they would have accepted our requests».
The removal operations will in any case be carried out in place of the owner of the boat who will then be charged and the relative costs . "The goal - added Montis - is to finally get to the elimination of this bad image of our sea". The Councilor for Tourism Alessandro Cocco also intervened on the issue, who addressed the regional representatives of his own party, the Councilor for Defense of the Environment Marco Porcu and his Chief of Cabinet Emanuele Beccu , to bring home the result desired by the municipal administration. «A city with a strong tourist-seaside vocation like Alghero needs a decent coastline. The boat remained there for too long», said councilor Cocco.
