(Finance) – “Calabria has a strategic role for Italy and Europeits position places it at the center of connections between the Mediterranean and Europe”. This was stated by the CEO of the FS Italiane Group, Luigi Ferrarisduring the press conference for the presentation of the Group investments for the Region.
“It is a Region with a enormous potentialwhich can only be enhanced with one greater integration with the country and with Europe“, added Ferraris, recalling “with the industrial plan we are committed to investing 200 billion in the next 10 years. Of these, 40% of the resources are dedicated to the South and Islands 13.4 billion are dedicated to Calabria“.
“We believe that the investments we are carrying out together with the government, the region, the institutions are truly one great opportunity for Calabria– continued Ferraris – but only with the collaboration of all the parties involved will we be able to achieve it
fully and ensure that they lead to concrete results.
“The businesses, even those of the territory, they have to be found ready to accept this amount of investments and they will have to collaborate to develop new services and opportunities”, warned the CEO of the group, recalling that today there is a programming that goes beyond the single batch functional and sees the real perspective of the region”.
Ferraris explained that to have a Calabria “more connected, modern and competitive”, there will be investments in all the Group’s hubs – Infrastructure, Passenger, Urban, Logistics – and interventions are expected electrification and strengthening of railway and road infrastructurenew regional trainsconnections Intercity with hybrid convoys e redevelopments of stations and urban areas.
“The main actions – he added – will affect the infrastructures” such as the Jonica railway line, the Salerno-Reggio Calabria railway line, and, as regards the roads managed by Anas, the SS106 Jonica, the A2 motorway and the completion of the SS 182.
The FS Group’s plan also includes the urban regeneration of abandoned railway areas and the FS Urban Center is the protagonist. The launch of the tender in partnership with the Municipality of Paola for the construction and management of the new tourist port for
also promote the iron-water exchange. The FS Logistics Hub will instead focus on upgrading the terminals for the creation of new intermodal hubs.