Naples: "The Via Trencia eco-monster is a ticking time bomb."

Naples – The roar of the collapse on Via Nuova Bagnoli, with tons of debris falling into the street at dawn on December 27, just days after an initial collapse on Santo Stefano, brought to mind Neapolitans' memories of the many tragedies that had been predicted.

A building abandoned for decades crumbled before the eyes of residents, forcing the precautionary evacuation of families and the closure of a major neighborhood thoroughfare. Now the same fear has moved a few kilometers away, into the heart of Pianura.

Here, all attention is focused on the so-called "T1," the eyesore on Via Trencia: an illegal colossus from the 1970s, acquired by the municipality in 1982, devastated by a fire in 2008, and left in a state of total decay ever since, without ever being truly made safe.

Exasperated residents sent a shocking photographic dossier to Green-Left Alliance MP Francesco Emilio Borrelli: collapsed attics, rusted and exposed reinforcing bars, debris scattered everywhere, and sections of the structure already collapsed.

Images that reveal a clear, daily danger. "After what happened in Bagnoli," residents write, "we fear that T1 could suffer the same fate. With one very serious difference: this building is located right next to schools and rehabilitation centers. Here, the risk isn't abstract; it's daily."

The building, easily accessible for years, has over time become a destination for urban exploration by kids, who even venture onto the roof. The increasingly frequent seismic swarms of the Campi Flegrei have exacerbated the situation, resulting in further debris detachments.

"What happened in Bagnoli was a tragedy waiting to happen, just as what could happen in Pianura is," Borrelli denounces. "We can't keep looking the other way, waiting for the next collapse or, worse, the next death." Despite repeated reports to the Prefecture, the City of Naples, and the relevant department, no concrete response has been received in the last seventeen years.

The T1 project has seen a succession of disputes, amnesty requests, rejections, and appeals, while the ruins continued to crumble before everyone's eyes. "This eyesore is the symbol of rampant illegal construction and institutional inaction," the parliamentarian concludes. "First, construction is illegal, then everything is left to rot in general silence.

After the Bagnoli collapse, there are no more excuses: Via Trencia must be made safe immediately. Naples cannot continue to crumble amidst indifference. Residents are demanding urgent action: from closing the area to controlled demolition. Time is running out: in Pianura, as in Bagnoli, waiting for a solution risks being costly.