Redevelopment and completion of the "Foro Boario" area to be used as a multipurpose exhibition center, Ragusa, Sicily

Investments in projects of urban regeneration, aimed at reducing situations of marginalization and social degradation (Mission 5 – Component 2, Investment 4)

Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan provides for investments in urban regeneration, to reduce marginalization and social degradation as well as to improve the social and environmental context of urban centres.

The measure aims at supporting the reuse and re-functionalization of public areas and existing public building structures for purposes of public interest, and at improving the urban landscape through renovation of public buildings, with particular attention to the development of social, cultural, educational and didactic services, including sporting activities.

The investment is financed by Italy’s Recovery and Resilience plan by EUR 2 billion.

The project envisaging the renovation of the Foro Boario in Ragusa is part of this investment.

The objective of the project is the redevelopment of the "Foro Boario" area, a place that hosts fairs and events of various kinds, which, however, is marginally located in the area.

The project aims at the realization of a set of versatile and multifunctional facilities aimed at flanking to the function that already takes place there (e.g. livestock fair), a broader and more diversified fair activity (e.g. weekly market, facilities for entertainment and leisure, training center and other activities related to agriculture and tourism), in support of the agricultural, manufacturing and tourism sector of Ragusa.

The measures used to achieve the goal are the demolition of existing buildings and artifacts, the construction of the exhibition hall, the implementation of air conditioning in the exhibition areas, the earthworks and sectional excavation for the creation of the new areas to be used for green parking, the rings and to make of the internal viabilitỳ, the creation of the visitors' parking area complete with lighting system, the creation of the pedestrian paths to the outdoor exhibition areas, and the creation of the driveway areas for the entrance of vehicles to the exhibition hall.

The amount of NRRP funds is EUR 7 million and the construction site is open.