A tour of Italy of confusion. The storm on the women's cycling competition does not abate, which today will in fact transform the Poetto into a red zone. It will be forbidden to park and transit in the Marina Piccola area, from the First stop to the Octagon, on the internal roads and in the internal lane of via Lungo Saline. More than inconvenience, protests for the lack of timeliness in communicating an event which, although an excellent showcase for the city, would have needed more sharing. Many kiosk managers have been forced at the last minute to cancel concerts and shows scheduled for some time, as well as - in anticipation of the low turnout of bathers - the owners of the bathing establishments will grant employees a day off.
To sweeten the pill, the common sense of the municipal police officers who have tried to apply maximum tolerance to cars parked in prohibited areas. Yesterday the only green and yellow sheets of the fines waved in the windshields of those who left the car on the flower beds, in the pedestrian crossings or in the motorcycle stalls.
Last moment
Those who live or work at Poetto certainly do not question a sporting event that involves 144 athletes (with their coaches, technicians and companions) and which will be broadcast live in fifty countries. The dispute comes from the times and ways. "They warned us at the last moment," says Fofino Floris, 70, a former restaurateur with a house in Poetto, while sipping a coffee in a kiosk. “We learned of the prohibitions on Tuesday morning, only when they placed the signs. In practice - he continues - it is as if the Municipality had told us: make do ". On the dock the poor communication of the municipal administration. "If they had warned us in time we would have organized and found a place to park the car, instead of having these unwelcome surprises."
More serious problems than a car to park for Valerio Mocci, 44, manager of the school camp for children "Beach sport village". «On our campus, between the fourth and fifth stops, 350 children are enrolled and we still don't know how to behave. We told the parents to take their children to the beach before 8am and to come and pick them up after 5pm. We are encountering - continues Mocci - some difficulties with the municipal police which, for reasons of public order, could bring forward or postpone the closure. A little too much uncertainty reigns ”.
