The I. P. R. F. T. T. presented its observations against the “old port” project.
Northern Free Port of Trieste, a strategic sector of the international Free Port of Trieste.
Today [April 17], the International Provisional Representative of the Free Territory of Trieste – I.P.R. F.T.T. presented its observations against the Municipality of Trieste’s proposal to subject its planned urbanization of the Northern Free Port of Trieste to an Environmental Impact Assessment – E.I.A. at a press conference.
During the press conference, the 11 pages of preclusive observations challenging the main weaknesses of the planned urbanization of the so-called “old port” were presented.
The observations state that: “Business risk is unbearable because of the legal fact that the Northern Free Port of Trieste is subject to permanent constraints under international law regarding ownership and exclusive use in favor of the international Free Port of the Free Territory of Trieste, as its State corporation at the service of ships and freight of all States, without discrimination, which the sub-administering Italian Government has an obligation to respect as well.”.
International constraints of law aside, the I.P.R. F.T.T. reminded that the construction of a new port logistics platform in the area was already approved several decades ago (art. 6 and Table A of the Decree of the President of the Italian Republic No. 714/1969 and corresponding abstract of the General Urban Plan of the Region, which is in force), and also that the Municipality’s project acknowledges that the area is polluted; however, it doesn’t include any remediation plan.
The press conference ended with the presentation of the documentary evidence that the Municipality of Trieste and the other authorities involved in the project, the Port Authority System of the Eastern Adriatic Sea and the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia have been aware of this severe state of pollution from 2006, meaning for the past 20 years, when the Barcola embankment was seized because of the high levels of dioxins, heavy metals, and other dangerous waste.
I.P.R. F.T.T. – Information Service