Curcio, too early to estimate how lengthy it would take to reconnect Cogne

(ANSA) – AOSTA, JULY 01 – “It’s nonetheless too early” to foretell a timetable for restoring the highway connection between Cogne and the valley ground, after the injury brought on by the flooding of the Grand Eyvia torrent. That is what Fabrizio Curcio, head of the Nationwide Civil Safety Division, advised reporters on the finish of the assembly in Saint-Christophe (Aosta) to take inventory of the injury brought on by the dangerous climate along with the President of the Area, Renzo Testolin, and the technicians of the regional Civil Safety. “The occasion is underway, the waterways – defined Curcio – are nonetheless very excessive. Even to grasp the kind of technical intervention to be carried out we have to perceive the kind of injury, how far the water reached it, what it was probably the most eroded half. In some circumstances we noticed and had been advised of a change in a part of the watercourse. So there are analyzes that require technical time to be extra exact.” “The priorities – stated Curcio – are the individuals to be introduced down, the roads, the important providers, that’s, part of the aqueduct, some electrical elements that have to be mounted, after which there are all of the procedures for the state of emergency as a result of this then permits the territory to function extra shortly”. The continued isolation of Cogne would weigh on the vacationer economic system of the city on the foot of the Gran Paradiso. “Like all communities – added the top of Civil Safety – they need to restart and restart shortly. These are communities that stay off tourism and this space, notably within the coming months, is in nice demand, so there’s a have to do issues shortly. Not solely do the operators need to work however the vacationers need to come, so I feel this is a component to keep in mind.” (HANDLE).