Ameglia, 25/08/2009
Political Press: Dredging stretch of the Magra
As mentioned
Board opposition groups in the City of Ameglia, we return once again on the subject of dredging. From 2000 (the date of the first flood "recent" of the river) to date have not yet carried out a comprehensive and systematic dredging of the river from the mouth to the line of navigability as repeatedly requested by the opposition and another also supported by the majority (see interview with Pisani in the press before the last elections), but unfortunately this issue has always been treated by our stakeholders as a matter of contention election. Today we face the nth dredging authorized by a provisional measure referred to the Master has given notice in the press in recent days. This action we deem harmful, late and evil, harmful because it goes to muddy the waters of the river, creating a situation of doubt to the bathing beaches at the mouth of the river late because the channels that goes into creating in the river are the only functional transit of sailboats and now when the work will be completed also the season "sailing" is over, because evil does not increase the potential scope of the riverbed (the material is only moved) but instead creates two unnatural channels along the banks forming the a center off of artificial islands as was demonstrated during the flood of January impede the natural flow water. We do not understand then because the measure provides for the suspension of dredging at the same time the levies on the analysis of water: it is perhaps not the bathroom during the dredging?
The broad stream in 2000 and this year have resulted in thousands of tons of river sand, mud and gravel that the natural flow of the river tends to settle and not to bring into the sea, except with the work of years. We believe that common sense will serve merely as a uniform lower dredging the bed of the river from the mouth to the line of navigability, confirming the fact that in the years following the dredging of the wild 60s and 70s is no longer the river burst its banks for at least 30 years . Now we believe it is time to do works as aimed at solving problems and not mere palliatives such as dredging in progress.
We are also concerned at the absence of studies on the hydro-dynamic flow of the river and on changes in the course of dredging. We want to present to the public that even now the responsibility of the next disasters will fall on these unfinished works and morally dangerous. A failure to dredging in the deep stretch of river downstream from the bridge of Colombier and the accumulation of material in the center of the water in front, obstructs the flow of direct and natural means. In addition to this we must add the forthcoming closure of the bank near the bridge that will channel the mass of water that flooded the first floor of Ameglia under the spans of the same. How can dispose of such a flow of water to the limited width of the bridge if Colombiera front is a sharp rise of the seabed?
Coordination PDL Ameglia
Andrea De Ranieri
