Question for written answer E-005452/2018 to the Commission Rule 130 Rosa D'Amato (EFDD)
Subject: Regional Road 8 - Puglia
Regional Road 8, the artery that will connect Talsano (TA) to Avetrana (TA), provides for the construction of a new two-way road, parallel to the road ‘Litoranea Ionico – Salentina’. It will help to streamline traffic and allow easier and faster connections between the port and Salento.
The first section has already been financed, for the amount of EUR 42 985 368.48, of which EUR 29 230 051 was allocated from the PUGLIA ERDF ROP 2007/20131.
In September 2016, with the ‘Pact for Puglia’, financing of EUR 193 million from the Development and Cohesion Fund (DCF) 2014/2020 to construct the three sections of the Talsano-Avetrana internal coastal road was approved. The investment was allocated as follows: EUR 70 600 000 for the construction of section 1, from Talsano to Marina di Pulsano; EUR 51 800 000 for the construction of section 2, from Marina di Pulsano to the Manduria roundabout; EUR 70 600 000 for the construction of section 3, from the Manduria roundabout to the junction with SP 359 Avetrana-Nardò.
The Director of Works has complained about the lengthy bureaucratic and technical delays in regulating disturbances in the existing sewerage and electrical systems2.
Can the Commission:
1) say whether the regional authorities have withdrawn the project relating to the first section of the road from the 2007-2013 Puglia ROP?
2) verify that the works are being carried out in compliance with Directive 2014/24/EU?
1 https://opencoesione.gov.it/it/progetti/1pufe5200195/ 2 https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/taranto/1050557/tangenziale-a-taranto-il-cantiere-va- sottacqua.html
1167252.EN PE 629.847