Paola Natalicchio
From: The Unit - January 28, 2009
Just take the tram number 8. A lot of tourists do every day to reach Trastevere, Largo Argentina
. And when they come on Ponte Garibaldi, the view is always the same: the Isola Tiberina, the synagogue, the river
which is thrown into the sea. Pity, then, for those who have visited Rome in the last fifty days,
those passed by the flood of December 12. They arrived there before him, face to the window, expecting the usual, unique,
postcard. In return, however, only a punch in the stomach. At the sides of the river degradation. And for at least a month
things are destined to remain the same.
Cestius Bridge, Ponte Sant'Angelo, Ponte Milvio. The degradation
sits on the sides of the river for miles throughout the city.
the right of the brothers do well, piled on the shore,
a heap of metal and wooden beams, is what remains of the boarding pier
of the pier 'Anguillara, "where he spent the boat ride on the river for
. Service suspended until further notice.
There is also the skeleton of a boat abandoned. The
green mold everywhere. All tied at risk with a
long rope, steel rope around the trunk of a tree,
at the foot of the road. Worse still, the scene below
Ponte Sant'Angelo, where they remained stranded for five days, under
statues by Bernini, the three barges that commitment,
the evening of 16 December for their removal, more than 100 military personnel, including protection
civil, Navy and the Fire Brigade.
Anyone can drop by just to see. Open the gate starting from the end of the bridge, opposite the
Adrian Mole, where there is not a barrier to block the pass. Go down the stairs, looking out on dock
. On the left, two large rusting carcasses of boats bumpy. Little progress, a piece of
unidentified barge, held in place with a rope. All around, overturned benches, lampposts
broken and immersed in water. Bridges uprooted, fences upside. Not to be better at the foot of Ponte Milvio.
under the eyes of joggers on the bike path close to the Foro Italico, a row of trees whose branches is
entangled in everything from plastic bags, sweaters, bags, shopping trolleys. Hard to believe that for a month and a half
no one is employed, the blonde river. Yet is this really the Tiber today
photograph the tourists, the owners live on barges, they watch with dismay the inhabitants of the city. An open-air dumps
.
explain how it reached this point means venturing into a labyrinth. Already
ordinary administration, management of the river is complex. There are three bodies that govern the restless waters of the Tiber urban
tract. One is the appropriate regional office dell'Ardis (Regional Agency of Soil Protection), which deals
reservoir. Then there is the Basin Authority, established two decades ago, that should work as a body
supervisor. Not least, however, the City Council. It is the Capitol, in fact, have the responsibility of cleaning
docks and the tourist development of the River. "For cleaning, waiting for extra funds.
was not in our economic strength with them otherwise. We talk at least 1-2 million euro, "he explains, however, delegate to the Tiber
junta Alemanno, the deputy Fabio De Lillo. "The money has just been released by the Government
. Now everything goes into the hands of the regional civil protection. We will work, of course.
We will provide our gardeners. " Full of
December, in fact, was an exceptional event and, as such, involved in its management
also the Civil Protection Department headed by Secretary Guido Bertolaso. Producing,
However, the recent appointment of a Special Commissioner for the management of the consequences of: the President of
Lazio, Piero Marrazzo. The resolution mentioned by De Lillo arrive by January 16
Presidency of the Council of Ministers and is the 3734. The funds for the Tiber River are mentioned in Article 8.
need at least a month because the ordinance becomes effective. For citizens, fiumaroli and tourists, still need patience.
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