Yesterday the military representatives met the Undersecretary of Defense, La Spezia, in La Spezia, who wanted to reassure the city and the civil and military workers' representatives of the Government's intentions to guarantee the financing of the "Brin Plan" for modernization of military establishments.
30 million in three years to redevelop docks, infrastructures and workshops in order of priority.
The figure is far from the expected 100 million years ago, but if it is actually funded it will have a major impact on maintenance operations, a positive impact on the units and personnel of the armed forces and indirectly on the city.
After the financing for the construction of the new fleet, the "Brin plan" will bring further sap to the Armed Forces.
The Military Representation can only be satisfied, but in the meeting he had with the Undersecretary he recalled, among other topics, the need for interventions for the restoration and construction of housing for personnel transferred to the La Spezia area.
Mini apartments for individuals or homes for families are needed in an area that sees strong "immigration" from the southern bases.
With the firm contract from the 2009 and the negligible resources for the renewal put on the plate by the Government (the 80 € are a palliative not the recognition of a role) a transfer of headquarters of over 800 km involves serious economic, as well as social, inconveniences for the military personnel and find in the new destination the current inadequate housing situation that MM offers in La Spezia is extremely demotivating.
We need a financial plan that commits the FA and the Government to overcome this situation, through the recovery of buildings, barracks and areas that are currently unused, with direct intervention or trade-ins.
In concrete terms, the "social housing" plan was called for, which involved the construction of private "redemption" houses, at low cost, on disused land, and housing renovations were requested for those who decide not to transfer the family.
Formerly, the Cocer Marina illustrated to the top management of the FA solutions implemented in northern Europe for the construction of university campuses that could guarantee solutions in low-cost mini-apartments and has a study of the legislation in progress to make new proposals feasible.
I hope that on this issue La Spezia will become a laboratory of solutions, to be exported also to other sites to mitigate the serious housing problems for the transferred military personnel.
Antonio Colombo (Cocer Marina)
