Caivano bis starts to redevelop the neighbourhoods of Catania and Palermo

Next Tuesday 17 June, the Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Alfredo Mantovano, will travel to Catania and Palermo for two meetings on the Extraordinary Plan of infrastructural interventions and social and environmental redevelopment projects, functional to municipalities or metropolitan areas with high social vulnerability, provided for by Decree-Law No. 208 of 31 December 2024, in which the districts of San Cristoforo in Catania and Borgo Nuovo in Palermo are included.

With the Undersecretary, the Extraordinary Government Commissioner Fabio Ciciliano will be present. The first meeting will be held at the Municipality of Catania at 09:30, the second will take place at the Church of San Paolo Apostolo in Palermo at 12:30. The two meetings will be attended by local administrators. The Extraordinary Plan for infrastructural interventions and social requalification, approved by the Council of Ministers on 28 March, involves eight municipalities: in addition to Catania (San Cristoforo district) and Palermo (Borgo Nuovo district), it involves Rozzano (MI); Rome, Quarticciolo-Alessandrino district; Naples, Scampia district and Secondigliano district; Orta Nova (FG); Rosarno (RC); San Ferdinando (RC).

The common goal, as was already the case for Caivano, explains a note of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, is to offer in areas of social distress and degradation concrete alternatives of aggregation, sporting and cultural, for adolescents, as opposed to the squares of drug dealing. For the implementation of the interventions, a total expenditure of EUR 180 million has been authorised for the three-year period 2025-2027, of which EUR 100 million for the year 2025, EUR 50 million for 2026, and EUR 30 million for 2027, from the Fund for Development and Cohesion. Additional resources made available by regions, municipalities, other local and national authorities or institutions can be used for co-financing.