Schifani: Corleone bridge doubling in Palermo will benefit city’s strategic artery

The Sicilian Region will fully fund the doubling of the Corleone bridge in Palermo: 17 million euros will be used from the 2014-2020 Poc funds to build two new lateral viaducts. These viaducts will expand the lanes from four to eight, thus easing traffic on a strategic road artery. The announcement was made during a visit by the President of the Sicilian Region, Renato Schifani, the regional Infrastructure assessor Alessandro Aricò, together with the mayor of Palermo Roberto Lagalla and the municipal assessor for Public Works Totò Orlando.

The two new lateral bridges, 150 meters long and 16 meters high, will be built on the mountain side, near the Baby Luna bar, and each carriageway will have two new lanes, 10 meters wide, with sidewalks. This project falls within a memorandum of understanding signed between the Municipality, the interregional superintendent of Public Works for Sicily and Calabria, and Anas. Thanks to this agreement, the company has already identified the Sicilian company Infra.tech to carry out the project, with construction expected to start in June.

“We will start with the mountain side carriageway, with the goal of completing this first intervention by the early months of 2025 and finishing the entire project by December 2026,” explains Totò Orlando. The mayor is pleased and thankful to the Region “for understanding the importance of this project, crucial for the city and the region.” He confirms the “great collaboration between the Region and the city of Palermo – this project will bring relief to a strategic artery for entering and exiting the city.” Improving road infrastructure also means reducing travel time, “which will be reduced – highlights Aricò – we are talking about millions of hours saved, not to mention reducing CO2 emissions: we are talking about thousands of tons less released into the atmosphere.”


Il raddoppio del ponte Corleone a Palermo, Schifani: «Opera che darà respiro a un’arteria strategica della città»

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