The concrete “New Jersey” barriers and a row of flower boxes at the entrance to the square announce the turning point. In Arbatax, the dirt road of Rocce Rosse will be closed to vehicular traffic. Goodbye to access for vehicles, including campers, which usually parked day and night on the terrace overlooking the sea, often going over the edge of the illegal campsite.
A clear break with the past to allow exclusively pedestrian use of one of the most suggestive corners of the eastern coast of the island.
Already yesterday morning, crowds of tourists were walking on the dirt road without having to dodge vehicles. In recent days, the company in charge has completed the positioning of the vertical signs that indicate the pedestrian use of the stretch, an objective announced in the electoral program of the Marcello Ladu administration.
The redevelopment of the square will have a coda when the Municipality demolishes the large building that, in the past, housed the headquarters of the Port Company.
Further urban decorum work is expected in the next few days to fix the barriers that prohibit access and other furnishings. In the meantime, the new traffic system within the port area has come into force: it is one-way via Lungomare: from the intersection of via Tirreno you can only proceed towards the eastern quay. To exit you will only travel along the link road parallel to the railway and in the direction of Intermare. This section is also one-way.
