The Municipality of Cagliari is taking action after the many accidents in the city, in particular the tragic one on November 23 in Viale Colombo with the seventeen-year-old Beatrice Loi who died after being hit by a car. A few hours after the protest march of 2,000 students , who are asking for greater safety, Mayor Massimo Zedda announced the interventions: «Work began on Monday 9 December for the construction of raised pedestrian crossings in Viale Colombo». communicates the mayor in response to the requests. «Subsequently, we will proceed in Viale Diaz, Viale Poetto and Via Stamira, thanks to the recent allocation of one million euros . We will continue, in particular, in the streets near schools and in those with the highest rate of recorded accidents. In addition to these, interventions such as gates, squares, lifeguard islands, other raised crossings, speed indicators and 30 zones are included ».
Thanks to the collaboration with the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering (Diccar) of the University of Cagliari and with the University of Brescia, the Municipality of Cagliari will proceed with:
- monitoring of urban road infrastructure and evaluation of accident data;
- the identification of causal links between the state of road infrastructure and accidents;
- the evaluation of the interventions to be implemented to improve the quality of the infrastructures and therefore the safety of the city's roads, in light of the analyses carried out;
- the definition of targeted redevelopment interventions on the road network;
- the activation of research grants and contracts;
- the carrying out of integrated activities between research and scientific innovation.
"The focus is on pedestrians, on two-wheelers and on cyclists, the so-called vulnerable users," continues Mayor Zedda. " We will guarantee greater protection by fixing existing cycle paths and expanding the network in various areas of the city , especially those adjacent to university buildings."
"The goal, in conjunction with the local police, is to reduce accidents and make Cagliari safer, easier to travel, by strengthening local public transport, shared mobility and solving the various problems that have clogged city traffic . All this thanks also to the increase in funds allocated with the unanimous consent of the City Council", concludes Zedda.
(Unioneonline/r.sp.)