Sarzana – Nothing to do. Also the second tender for the management of the free beach of Marinella which expired yesterday at 12, was deserted. No one showed up and the time is getting longer to see those 350 meters of municipally owned beach assigned and physically managed by a real operator. At stake was the temporary use of the public areas behind the beach, with the obligation to guarantee life-saving services, toilets and showers, with “freedom to propose the relevant economic initiative also thanks to the possibility of installing up to two kiosks on the back beach for the administration of drinks and food”. The fee had also been reduced: the basic amount was 3,750 euros for each month of actual concession, compared to the previous 45 thousand euros requested by the administration. This figure is the result of a mere calculation of the reimbursement of expenses relating to the cleaning of the beach, having put the same amount on the table, plus another 15 thousand relating to safety, which bring the expenses of the city coffers to 60 thousand euros. In fact, since June 1st the Municipality has made two lifeguards available to work on site, covering the related expenses thanks to the agreement with the Mare Sicuro cooperative.
The councilor for state property Luca Ponzanelli is anything but satisfied: «We take note of the lack of membership which will have been determined by precise reasons, but we do not stop in the effort to overcome the inertia of private property. It means that we are evaluating all avenues for every possible administrative action. But it should not be forgotten that the rescue and cleaning service remain active. Therefore, I ban any attempt at exploitation: compared to the past the situation is substantially different, and anyone who wants to argue that the free beach is abandoned and without services is spreading a wrong, misleading and absolutely inappropriate message. Of course, our ambition is to make something more available to bathers than what there is today. As I said – she concludes – we are evaluating which and how many procedures are currently feasible to implement services with external contributions, and I am referring to the toilet-service, bathrooms and showers”.
The first cleaning service by Acam ended last Friday 7 June. It should be remembered that the administration, in the first tender launched last May 9th (closing at 12pm on Friday the 24th of the same month) also reserved the right to decide whether to grant a further period of temporary use also for 2025, indicating in the same possible contractor, in place of the payment of the fee, the implementation of the services offered during the tender of at least two complete lifeguard stations. The weather conditions these days don’t make you want to go to the beach, but the real season will soon begin.
Furthermore, the Municipality remains – and this is another very serious problem – is waiting for Anas’ response with respect to the request for parking on the sea side of state road 432, also prohibited on the mountain side from 1 July 2023 for safety reasons.
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