Contract for the River Arno

The 2015 is an important one because it will be approved in December, after an extensive phase of public information and consultation, the Plan of water management in accordance with Directive 2000/60 / EC and the management plan for flood risk under Directive 2007/60 / EC.

Two Plans that Europe requires all Member States for an integrated and comprehensive water resource.

And 'this is the right time to start in a concrete way a work table with bodies, Institutions, associations and citizens aimed at the definition of an agreement to which responsibly and voluntarily anyone, according to their skills and availability, can adhere to detail and implement planning management at the scale of the urban section of Florence.

E questo è stato lo spirito dell’iniziativa che è stata promossa dall’Autorità di bacino del fiume Arno, in collaborazione con il Comune di Firenze svoltasi venerdì scorso presso la terrazza sull’Arno messa a disposizione dalla Rari Nantes Florentia.

The meeting was attended Gaia Checcucci, General Secretary of the Arno river basin, the Councillor for the Environment of the City of Florence Alessia Bettini, the President of the VI Council Commission of the City of Florence Fabrizio Ricci, President Publiacqua Vannoni Philip and the President of the Consortium of Reclamation n. 3 Middle Valdarno Marco Bottino and numerous representatives of institutions and associations linked in various ways to the river – Legambiente, Arci Fishing, Cia Toscana, Rowing Municipal, Rari Nantes, Association Project Bike, University of Florence - who shared the lead putting right now provide a wealth of knowledge, ideas, progetti e interessi per il fiume, considered good for Florence and the Florentines.

All speakers called for the execution of this agreement by the end of this year in parallel to the approval of management plans, in vista anche della ricorrenza del cinquantennale dell’alluvione nel 2016.

Frank Mariani

By the number 56 - Year II 18/03/2015