A head-on confrontation between the national government and the Region over the Brazilian investment in Cala Finanza , a location of great environmental value on the Porto San Paolo coast .
The process that began on May 29 has been concluded in Rome, a procedure initiated after the formal opposition of the Sardinia Region to the project by Tavolara Bay srl , controlled by Jhsf Participações, with the luxury hotel chain Fasano as a partner.
The Brazilians received the green light from the Council of Ministers for an initial development project on about ten hectares around the former Villa Leone residence. The Region's objections were rejected, while the Southern Italy Zone (Southern Zone) package (bureaucratic simplifications and tax credits) for a designated development area, without additional building volume, in Cala Finanza was confirmed.
Jhsf Participações has laid the first piece of the puzzle for the project that paves the way for a multi-million euro plan (hotel, villas, golf course, and marina) . The national government has given the green light, and as had been widely predicted, a tug-of-war between the state and the Sardinian Region is looming.
Francesco Spanedda , Councilor for Local Government and Urban Planning, announced an appeal to the Regional Administrative Court (TAR), declaring: "Administrative simplification cannot become a tool to circumvent land-use planning, landscape regulations, and Sardinia's autonomy. Development cannot be achieved by sacrificing areas that are absolutely unbuildable , nor by depriving the work of institutions of meaning. We will promptly defend our case in all appropriate venues. Cala Finanza is not just an urban planning issue: it is a question of respect for the rules, the Region's responsibilities, and the right of communities to decide the future of their own territory."
The environmentalist association Grig (Legal Intervention Group) has also announced that it will challenge the Meloni government's actions before the Regional Administrative Court (TAR).
In a recent interview given to Unione Sarda, the CEO of Tavolara Bay, Alberto Biancu, declared that he wanted an agreement with the Region .
