AZZANO SAN PAUL - "The investigation remains suspended until the submission of new documentation ', signed Directorate General of Land and Regional Planning. With these words, the Pirelli Tower has effectively blocked the mega-project of the luxury pole enhanced Bergamo entrepreneur Antonio Percassi Azzano on the grounds of St. Paul, not quite appropriate considering the dossier submitted to the Environmental Impact Assessment.
A temporary stop, to tell the truth, that you will understand a little more at the next Conference of the services scheduled for July 14, when presumably will be placed on the table the required papers submitted by the Region and in the meantime by the designers . At the table there will also be the province of Bergamo, Azzano City and surrounding municipalities, called to confirm (hopefully, given the change of management) as the positive views expressed above.
The huge complex, which had to be ready in 2011 to house 100 international brands and create 2000 jobs, therefore, so far has been "postponed" by the technicians of the region that gave rise to observations of the documents submitted in the first instance by Finser Spa, seriano entrepreneur. The project carried out by the New York firm Asymptote and by Italian architects of "The 8" - the same ones who are building the ultra-luxury hotel in Abu Dhabi next to the Formula One circuit - has not met all the expectations of the region in terms of environmental impact . Therefore "it is necessary to obtain clarifications and additions to the documentation presented," reads a document from the Directorate General for Planning, dated June 5, 2009.
The problem is that the demands of Pirellone are not trivial and to be delivered in about 15 days. It is fifty points in total, distributed in all areas: from planning to the environmental context, through the traffic flows, air emissions, and that the noise impact on the water, the enormous structure.
A structure that will cover 148 thousand square meters near dell'Oriocenter - which will be connected by a walkway - and the airport of Orio al Serio. A complex of buildings to be constructed between the highway A4 Milan-Venice and New Cremasca, visible even from airplanes with a cover designed as a blanket lying on a slope, which will make the scenario more sinuous steel and glass and punctuated by gardens, fountains and water features.
will be located inside a large shopping area for the most prestigious international fashion house. And then an area with executive offices and professional offices, a recreation area with an auditorium, cinema, planetarium, restaurant "star" luxury hotel and spa and exclusive services. Visitors under 10 million each year, with its traffic.
short, a futuristic-looking mega-complex that, in the intentions of the designers, could become icon of Bergamo and give a boost to economic recovery in our province. Provided that the documentation submitted in the second round of overcoming obstacles placed by the Region.
barriers among which there are maximum heights of buildings "that have to plan an airport without obstruct views and activities of the control towers." Or the airport to the constraints of construction cranes. Or the request for clarification sull'eliporto to be built on the roof of the Polo. And yet, information on the disposal of pollutants during construction. A study of traffic flows including the town of Azzano San Paolo. Il progetto di completamento della terza corsia della bretella della Provinciale 116 e il raccordo con il rondò di Orio al Serio. Un rapporto più preciso sull’analisi delle emissioni dei veicoli secondo i canoni dell’Arpa (l’Agenzia regionale per la protezione dell’ambiente) e relativo a un parco veicoli più aggiornato, come da sito Aci.
Inoltre la Regione evidenzia che in quell’area “la situazione attuale per il Pm10 è già critica e quindi qualunque altro intervento destinato a incrementare le emissioni non può che aumentare tale criticità, in condizioni meteo sfavorevoli”. E a proposito di emissioni di Co2, il Pirellone “ritiene should be a new budget environment assuming the use of a trigeneration power plant from renewable sources "instead of the current project.
Region's engineers also want to see clearly the impact of sound structure, and on the water environment. Including the "internal network should not interfere in any way on the waterworks." Last but not least "should be evaluated against the impact that the new structure will have on animal and plant species found in rivers and on the banks." Therefore serves to "strengthen the work of mitigation and compensation to green", "recalibrating the impact landscape projects, "" indicate the fate of the waste site "and assess" the impact on housing construction sites themselves placed nearby.
words, comments do not indifferent. To analyze all required documents could take months, say from the offices of the Region. Possible, therefore, a shift in dates. Because he had planned to break ground in 2010 so that the luxury Polo could welcome its first visitors in 2013: just in time for Expo. Fingers crossed. For our economy could be an opportunity "postponed".
