Brownfield sites reclaimed to provide space for businesses

Among the new works planned, some are related to regional industrial policy macro-projects: These include the creation of a Renewable Energy Community within the framework of the regional project for the Ecologically Equipped Production Areas (Apea), with an estimated investment of EUR 1.5 million; further work on disused sites in Tolmezzo, Amaro and Villa Santina, with an estimated investment of over EUR 16 million; the construction of a geothermal network plant in the expansion area of the Amaro industrial zone, with an estimated investment of EUR 1.2 million; work on new roads and urbanisation, estimated at EUR 4 million over the three-year period.

As far as the municipality of Resia is concerned, thanks to a special agreement, a new allotment will be created and a modular building will be erected in the craft area.

But 'the datum that perhaps more than any other testifies to the vitality and planning ferment of the Consortium is represented by the number of feasibility studies underway and those already planned for 2025,' explains a note linked to the industrial plan. A figure that is reminiscent of that of investments in research and development by companies. There are no less than 19 feasibility studies, 11 of which are underway or nearing completion, with the hope that they will soon be transformed into new works, new activities and new services'.

President Gabriele Bano said he was satisfied with the planning work, which gathered the contribution of the municipal administrations and the employers', industrial and craft associations, and emphasised the Consortium's renewed and increasingly concrete role: "Not only a facilitator of the 'industrial' development of the area, but also and above all a promoter of a mountain ecosystem, capable of driving the economy of the entire territory. The transformation of disused sites into modern infrastructures at the service of manufacturing and craft enterprises, support for technology transfer, investments in renewable energies and the circular economy, the creation of an Its specialised higher education pole, the study of new residential models, and attention to corporate welfare policies and the health and wellbeing of workers and citizens: these are some of the projects that give depth to the Industrial Plan approved by the Members and new enthusiasm for the challenges that await us".