Concerns Over Permanent Encampments Near Ciro Vigorito Stadium Raised by Councilor De Stasio

“I have submitted a question to the mayor and the councilor for productive activities, asking for information about the long-standing occupation of spaces adjacent to the ‘Ciro Vigorito’ stadium by people who live permanently in caravans positioned in a stable manner,” specifies in a note, the municipal councilor of Prima Benevento Rosetta De Stasio, highlighting that she also “asked to know if there is an authorization in this regard from the administration, being public space, and especially if the area is equipped with sanitary services and the necessary utilities to be inhabited, and if the occupants pay to use such services. Moreover, for some days now - she adds - the triangular space located in front of the Visitors' sector of the stadium, where clothes are seen hanging on the fences, garbage and various kinds of household goods, has also been occupied, always with caravans. I have also asked for information about this latest occupation.” In light of these considerations, De Stasio speaks of “a hardly edifying spectacle,” “an offense to the decorum of our city, which the administration seems to care about. Moreover, the stable occupation of such spaces causes serious inconvenience especially in conjunction with the weekly market on Saturday, or the fairs and events that are often allocated in that area. Parking, in fact, is significantly reduced and people are forced to park wildly along the road and along the entire bridge that connects Via Avellino. A solution must necessarily be found to this long-standing problem, which affects not only urban decorum but also the safety of citizens. If the administration - the councilor concludes - is legally required to find accommodation for people who live permanently in these public spaces, a different project must be considered that allows them to live with dignity, but above all that restores dignity to our city which, of course, is not limited to the center alone. A genuine idea of ‘city’ can only also pass through the virtuous recovery of public spaces that have been abandoned for too long and are now no man's land.”