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Sacro Monte is going to be more accessible<\/span><\/b> for residents and pilgrims. This is the aim of the agreement signed today, with which the new project for the realisation of interventions and works<\/b> to improve the accessibility to a place that is so important for Varese town, begins.<\/span><\/p>\nThe agreement has been reached with Varese City Council, the Department for Infrastructure and Mobility of Lombardy Region, Varese Province, the “Campo dei Fiori” Park<\/b>, and all institutional bodies interested in the intervention, which begins a work programme with a precise time schedule. (The interventions by the regional councillor, Raffaele Cattaneo, and the Mayor of Varese, Attilio Fontana<\/u><\/b>)<\/span><\/p>\n The work will be carried out in two phases<\/span><\/b>: the first will involve the design and construction of the underground “Prima Cappella” Car Park, with about 120 places<\/b>; the second will involve the design and implementation of a “broader provision for private accessibility<\/b>”, which will be identified following a strategic environmental assessment.<\/span><\/p>\n From April<\/span><\/b>, important changes may be introduced to the car parks in the access square of the village. The regulations of the existing car parks will change, making 30 extra spaces<\/b> available to everyone, and the parking times will be altered, going from a maximum of two hours to a maximum of three hours<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n But the agreement also aims to develop public transport<\/b>; in phase 1, the intention is to rationalise the existing services, particularly during weekdays, to enhance the services during weekends and holidays and\/or on days when there is a greater flow of people, and set up a service linking the stations, the stadium and Sacro Monte; in phase 2, “possible scenarios for extending public mobility will be examined, which may entail a more radical reorganisation of the existing system, also with the starting up of innovative services.”<\/span><\/p>\n According to the programme of the agreement, the interventions will have a precise time schedule<\/b>; for the construction of the “Prima Cappella” Car Park, Varese City Council is immediately going to implement the procedures for allocating the work for the preliminary and final designs, with a forecast that work will being within a year.<\/span><\/p>\n The signatories have undertaken also to coordinate the procedures of their respective jurisdictions, and to respect the following time schedule<\/b>:<\/span><\/p>\n – by 31 March 2012, reorganisation of the existing car parks<\/b>, already underway;<\/span><\/p>\n – by the end of May 2012, completion of the preliminary project for the “Prima Cappella” Car Park<\/b>;<\/span><\/p>\n – by the end of September 2012, completion of the final project;<\/span><\/p>\n – by December 2012, completion of the executive project and the start of building work.<\/span><\/p>\n The cost of the work is estimated at €2.4 million, in total<\/span><\/b>, 49%<\/b> of which will be funded by Lombardy Region, 10%, by Varese Province, 40% by Varese City Council<\/b>, and the remaining 1% will come from the “Campo dei Fiori” regional park<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An agreement has been signed that marks the beginning of the intervention plan; by the end of April, new car parks, and an increase in parking times to 3 hours. In December, start of the work on the underground \u201cPrima Cappella\u201d car park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n