Calls for Transparency Over Delays in Cretarossa School Renovation

"The municipal administration must clarify the situation regarding the works at the Cretarossa school, which were initially expected to be completed last December, then postponed to January, later announced for February, and most recently mid-March, while now it remains a mystery," state councilors Francesco Farese, Giovanna Megna, and Raffaele De Longis in a joint statement. "Transparency and institutional respect would require clear communication to the citizens, the 200 families of the children who were relocated in September, and the school staff. Instead, we witness - the opposition councilors continue - continuous delays without any certain indications about the reopening of the school complex. Last February 7th, following a request from the opposition promptly accepted by president Scarinzi, a council committee meeting on public works was held on this issue. In that meeting, communication was received from the department about the completion of the works expected by mid-March. We had therefore proposed to carry out the transfer during the Easter closure days, thus avoiding suspensions of the educational activities. Unfortunately, this deadline has also passed, but the state of progress of the works, as anyone passing by Kolbe street can notice, still appears to be at a standstill." In their opinion, "in the past months, the administration justified the delay with the need for a variant due to leaks from the roof that emerged during the works. However, there is no trace of this variant in the city council records. For this reason, in February, councilor Farese submitted a request for access to documents to obtain the approval of the variant, the technical and project documents, and the financial coverage, as these are works not covered by the PNRR funding. More than a month later, the administration has not responded to this request either. Someone at the Mosti Palace should speak up and tell the truth about the state of the works at the Cretarossa complex - conclude De Longis, Megna, and Farese -, it is a duty not towards the opposition councilors but towards 200 families, dozens of teachers, and school staff who are waiting for certain answers."