Let's get our teeth out right away: do you regret having opened so many construction sites together that "engulf" Cagliari?
«No, indeed. I'm proud. I managed to find the resources to grow the city, resources that otherwise would have ended up elsewhere. Money that became available to the administration in April 2021 with the obligation to spend it by December 2023. In less than 18 months, thanks to the overwork of the offices, we have contracted out more than 70 million euros to carry out the works that had been discussed for years in the city».
The most "demanding" (and criticized) works are those in via Roma: inaugurated in March, blocked for two months after the archaeological finds, and now finally restarted. Initially the reopening of the road was scheduled after the summer, but now?
«Our hope is to free via Roma from the construction site within the year. The company worked until August 11th and will resume after the 20th. And already in September it will begin work on the pavement of the first section, then it will continue on the other».
On vacation for just three days ("always with the phone on"), Paolo Truzzu carves out an hour to answer questions from the Unione Sarda. The changing city, the construction sites, the difficulties, the novelties of autumn. «The Pnrr has showered important resources that we are spending on schedule, opening all those construction sites that guarantee employment. With a very specific goal,” he says.
Which?
"To make Cagliari a more modern city on a human scale".
Mayor, in the meantime, however, with the construction site in via Roma you are able to make everyone "democratically" angry: residents, local merchants and motorists.
«The greatest inconveniences are linked to the closure of the road, and it is for this reason that we will do everything to reopen it as soon as possible. Having said that, I remember that the resources for via Roma had been available since 2019 but the project was missing. We took action immediately after our arrival at Palazzo Bacaredda, we held a design tender (won by the architect Stefano Boeri, ) and were only able to start the construction site in 2023 after all the preparatory and administrative procedures that a building public requires".
