"This opaqueness is no longer acceptable on a project that will keep the City Council busy for 50 years . I will appeal to the Prefecture." Giuseppe Farris, a city council member for CiviCa 24, when he discusses Cagliari's new stadium, rather than engaging in the typical political invective of an opposition figure, seems to be writing the script for an episode of "Who Has Seen It?" And borrowing the title from the famous show, he reconstructs the latest episodes of a story made up of announcements that have been consistently denied by the schedule. With the stadium in the role of the "disappeared" with a unique characteristic: it doesn't exist yet. Although, perhaps, there is a new date to be met to give it a concrete form.
Farris' accusation
"On July 30th, as is known, the City Council approved the resolution for the declaration of public interest and the transfer of the surface rights for the construction of the new stadium," Farris reports, recalling: "On that occasion, Councilor Macciotta said that the tender notice would be published on August 20th. " This date, according to the lawyer and councilor of Palazzo Bacaredda, would mark the "sixth timetable since the start of the process." This schedule, however, is destined to change.
"August 20th has passed, and the councilor has set the new date of August 31st (seventh schedule)," precisely, "reporting that the appraisal firm had raised some concerns that needed to be addressed by the proponent. Meanwhile, August 31st has also passed, and with it, right on time, the eighth schedule has arrived: publication will take place on September 20th."
There's still time to see if at least this deadline will be met. But Farris points out that "the other day," Macciotta "gave yet another interview in which he stopped short of mentioning dates, but reassured us: 'Everything is proceeding according to plan.'"
