(Finance) – Coming soon contributions to municipalities which establish or have established, “pink stalls” used to park vehicles for pregnant women or parents with children up to two years of age, or that they make or have made spaces reserved for the parking of vehicles at the service of people with disabilities or who have foreseen the free parking for vehicles used for the service of disabled people if the stalls reserved for them are already occupied. It was signed by the Minister of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility, Enrico Giovannini, in concert with the Minister of Economy and Finance, Daniele Francoand with the Minister for Disabilities, Erika Stefani, the decree that defines the criteria and methods for disbursement of contributions.
“Mobility is sustainable only if it is inclusive – he said Giovannini -. Making it easier for people with disabilities, pregnant women and families with small children to travel by minimizing inconvenience and meeting the needs of the most vulnerable people means giving a concrete signal of attention to improve their quality of life, especially in urban centers. larger, and ensure the right to mobility for the most vulnerable people “.
“The decree – he stressed Stefani – also meets the need to speed up the procedure for granting the municipalities of the contributions dedicated to them to establish free parking spaces, reserved for people with disabilities holders of the European disabled unified badge (Cude) in the paid areas, if they are the stalls reserved for them are unavailable. This is certainly a further step in the direction of guaranteeing people with disabilities the right to an accessible city. In this way, the Municipalities will be able to proceed more quickly to adapt their services to the needs of all citizens, including those who often encounter barriers in their daily lives “.
For access contributions, the mayor or his delegate must register with the IT platform ‘Contribution to pink stalls’, accessible directly from the Mims website and which will be made available within sixty days of the publication of the decree in the Official Gazette, and fill in the application specifying, depending on the case, the details of the order or resolution, the number of pink stalls that have been created o that it is planned to create, the number of stalls to be built or built for the parking of vehicles used for the service of people with limited mobility, and the provision of free parking for vehicles of disabled people when the parking areas reserved for them they are busy.
The contribution is equal to 500 euros for each stall realized or planned to be realized. For the free parking, a lump sum contribution of 1,000 euros. For pink stalls, the contribution is recognized up to a maximum number of stalls graduated according to the demographic bracket. They range from a maximum of three stalls for small municipalities under 5 thousand inhabitants, which therefore can receive no more than 1,500 euros, up to a maximum of 600 stalls, with a contribution of 300 thousand euros, for municipalities with a number of inhabitants over one million.