"More can be done." These were the words of Alessandra Todde, president of the Region, speaking yesterday with Metropolitan City councilors at the Provincial Palace in Sassari. "We need to find," the governor stated in the Sala Sciuti meeting, "a common path to achieving more ambitious planning."
Todde confirms the focus on the northwest, where €500 million is being invested in a variety of critical areas, from healthcare to water to the nautical sector. "The industrial consortium," he notes on this last point, "can benefit from the fact that Olbia has now reached capacity."
The discussion was preceded by Giuseppe Mascia, mayor of the Metropolitan City, who called for an increase in the Consolidated Fund and a halt to forced levies by the central government . Regarding the first item, he emphasized the 10-12% annual increase in spending across various sectors, a topic that cuts across municipalities and the Metropolitan City.
The various mayors focused on the lack of growth of the Cohesion Fund, on the need to restart the Lavoras construction sites, on the state of the roads, on the need for a single fund for planning and of the problem to water that's bringing communities to their knees and that local administrators are being made scapegoats. "We're equipping ourselves with a lot of planning because it's a structured way to engage," says Todde. "We've allocated €60 million for road infrastructure in the northwest."
The governor focuses on the slowness of the bureaucratic machine and more. "We reached an agreement with family doctors after 13 years. Let's ask ourselves if it's taking this long."
Regarding Lavoras, Todde announced that the construction sites will be refinanced in January 2026. He recalled the investments made thanks to the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to address water-related issues, referring to the "bandwagon" management of the past, he described. "I expect a shopping list from you as early as the next metropolitan council meeting," he concluded.