"The citizens of Campania demand more accessible, clean and free beaches: the sea belongs to everyone, even more so the coasts.
In this country, we're privatizing even the air, in the form of concessions, and this is no longer acceptable. Indeed, those who govern the Region demand thanks, as 30% of the coastline has been granted to citizens, compared to the 70% left under concession to the "beach lobby" with truly paltry annual fees.
This beach "plan" absolutely needs to be changed". This was stated in a note by the Campania regional councilor of the mixed group, Maria Muscarà.
In Campania, it's not just erosion that's reducing the number of free beaches, but also many other critical issues along the coastline: civil and industrial sewage discharges, delays in purification, failed cleanups, increasingly impactful tourism, and illegal building.
This is why, in this scenario, the PUAD (Maritime State-Owned Areas Use Plan) must provide a framework of rules for the redevelopment of coastal areas, ensuring their accessibility and use by all. Instead, the Plan proposed by the Regional Council aims to maintain, if not worsen, the current state of overexploitation of the coastline, whether sandy or rocky.
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Thus in a note Legambiente Campania "The Puad that Campania needs - declares the president Mariateresa Imparato - It must promote and enhance ambitious environmental, economic, and social innovation projects that, through the redevelopment of coastal areas, ensure the revitalization of the tourism sector with a view to sustainability and universal enjoyment.
For these reasons, tomorrow morning we will gather under Palazzo Santa Lucia together with the network of associations that have been active in recent days to ask President De Luca, Councilors Discepolo and Casucci, the Regional Executive and Council to take a step back and take many steps forward, nominating Campania to be the leading region in Italy in the concept of sustainable coastal management and development.
For Legambiente Campania The Regional Plan establishes one of the lowest percentages of free beaches in Italy, just 30%, and reduces the shoreline from the current 5 meters to 3 meters to free up additional space for free use.
Even more serious is the fact that the PUAD, unlike what has been appropriately done in other regions, was drawn up without the necessary Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) procedure required by the European Community for all plans and programmes that interact with the environment, an absence that undermines its very legitimacy.
It is clear that the Plan, which lacks a thorough examination of existing concessions and their management methods, neither aims to protect the landscape and the environment, nor to respect citizens' right to bathing. Indeed, when selecting a concessionaire, the incentive mechanisms envisaged actually incentivize construction, permanent fencing, and the installation of non-removable structures for touristic purposes ancillary to bathing, rather than promoting proposals that improve the accessibility and usability of the public area, the use of non-permanent and completely removable equipment, and appropriate measures to safeguard the environment and landscape.
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