Modernization of Montesanto Station in Naples: A 18 Million Euro Project

Inaugurated this morning in the presence of the President of the Campania Region, Vincenzo De Luca, the construction site for the activation of the Montesanto escalators and the modernization works of the station for a total value of 18 million euros. The commissioning of the Montesanto escalators is a project that dates back to December 1986, whose works were suspended in October 2012 due to a dispute between the concessionaire and the Government's extraordinary commissioner, to which EAV succeeds in 2022 as the implementing body. The activation of the escalators will once again allow pedestrian connection between Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the popular Montesanto neighborhood. The interventions will involve the replacement of escalators and systems and the creation of a cover through a structure to protect the escalator system, located on the left side of the EAV station of Montesanto in Naples. The total value of the intervention is 4.8 million euros. As for the modernization and completion interventions proper to the EAV station of Montesanto, the total value amounts to 13.2 million euros. The interventions concern the ongoing finishing works to connect the station with an additional exit, vico Montesanto, through a gallery equipped with escalators that develops under the station tracks and that will also facilitate travelers in reaching the Metro Line 2. Furthermore, the adjustment and completion of station systems namely: implementation and adjustment to current regulations of fire-fighting, smoke extraction, and ventilation systems; centralization of the supervision of all systems (fire-fighting, smoke extraction, ventilation, escalators, elevators) at the station agent's desk; installation at the head of the tracks of new energy-absorbing bumpers, in compliance with current regulations; restoration and implementation of security systems (cameras, monitors, etc.). The replacement of all the exit turnstiles on Piazza Montesanto with a new model, also equipped with a people counter, which makes improper use more difficult in entry, thereby effectively combating evasion, is planned. "It is an escalator," De Luca said, "that we decided to complete here, redoing the project. Having to do work at the station, we take the opportunity to make another significant investment, to create a new escalator, the work will be quite challenging and I believe it will also be a work of beautiful contemporary architecture." The works at the Montesanto station instead foresee the resumption of projects that had been blocked and now restart, foreseeing from EAV a new exit on vico Montesanto through a gallery equipped with escalators that develops under the station tracks and will bring interested travelers to reach the Metro line 2 station. There will also be the implementation and adjustment of fire-fighting, smoke extraction, and ventilation systems to current regulations and also the centralization of the supervision of all systems (fire-fighting, smoke extraction, ventilation, escalators, elevators) at the station agent's desk. Among the planned works is also the installation of new energy-absorbing bumpers at the head of the tracks and the restoration and implementation of security systems with new cameras and monitors. The replacement of all the exit turnstiles on Piazza Montesanto with a new model, also equipped with a people counter, which makes improper use more difficult in entry, thereby effectively combating evasion, is planned. The works will finish in March 2025, with the investment of the 18 million euros allocated.