Works of requalification of the public area adjacent to the monastery of Santa Lucia

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

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 concerning the redevelopment of the Via Roma in Adrano is part of this investment.

It is divided into a solution that revolutionizes the entire road axis and its relationship with the municipal villa.

The project proposal is presented with a broad plan vision, replicating European models, a reinterpretation of the road.

A proposal that transforms the current Via Roma into a large urban area available to the community.
The project involves moving the fence of the villa along the Via Roma, transforming the avenue of the villa "the antiparch", the area parallel to the street, in a new road axis, with soft and slow mobility and flanked by a pedestrian path.

The occupation of this space by the new road will have features that will substantially reduce the speed of travel.

The cycle path will be a two-way street so as to transform the entire area into a place more accessible to visitors and residents.

The redevelopment of the area was designed with the will to discourage the use of cars, eliminating the stalls for parking along the road, reducing the roadway to only 3.50 meters, will greatly reduce the number of cars in the area, expedient that aims to improve the aesthetic appearance of the site, giving visibility to the beauty of the ancient buildings present and their harmonious relationship with the surrounding environment for those wishing to visit them.

New green spaces and trees spread throughout the area in front of the monastery of Santa Lucia will help mitigate the torrid summer heat, thus improving the environmental well-being of this area, which together with the green and nearby town villa, will significantly promote this mitigation phenomenon.

The NRRP funds allocated to this project amount to EUR 1.4 million.