Urban Integrated Plans (Mission 5 Component 2 Investment 5)
Italy’s Recovery and Resilience Plan provides for the regeneration, revitalization and enhancement of large degraded urban areas, with particular attention to the creation of new services for the person and the requalification of accessibility and inter-modal infrastructures, allowing the transformation of vulnerable territories into smart and sustainable cities. This investment includes two interventions: (I) support to general projects to deliver and implement urban integrated plans, such as maintenance and reuse of public areas and buildings, regeneration and valorisation of under-used or unused urban areas, etc. (II) specific projects to overcome illegal settlements in agriculture. Local administrations will be supported in the creation of action plans to overcome illegal settlements and provide decent housing solutions for workers in the agricultural sector. Furthermore, under this investment a thematic Fund (Fund of Funds) will be created, in collaboration with the EIB, targeting the support of private intervention in urban regeneration initiatives. This fund will be used to support the climate and digital transition of urban areas. This investment is financed by the NRRP by EUR 1.4 billion.
As part of this investment, the project of the Integrated Plan for the Territory of the Metropolitan City of Catania is being developed. The Plan is based on:
— the identification of urban areas of particular importance in relation to the issues and objectives set by the NRRP, where investment is crucial, as the potential for recovery and reintegration within the urban and territorial context is considered essential;
— the system of territorial interaction and connection between these urban areas, consisting of existing and disused railway lines owned by Ferrovia Circumetnea, as well as alternative and soft mobility systems.
The role of the Metropolitan City, starting from the CR2 node and with the aim of promoting soft and sustainable mobility as a center of activity led by Catania, clearly highlights the need to promote investment in the urban regeneration of these strategically significant but underdeveloped areas. The areas within the municipalities forming the CR2 node can easily be integrated into the broader metropolitan context of the city of Catania.
Within this complex geography, an urban and territorial regeneration strategy has been developed in relation to the Strategic Axes and Missions of the NRRP, specifically aligned with the objectives of Measure 2.2.
The Integrated Plan will include:
Projects located within the capital municipality, in areas prioritized for urban regeneration and redevelopment:
o Cappellone/Adrano
o Casina/Biancavilla
o Former FCE section/S. Maria di Licodia
o Ardizzone and Salinella/Paternò neighborhoods
o Vite/Ragalna Plan
Projects located in inter-municipal areas, focusing on the themes of social cohesion and urban regeneration in the wider metropolitan territory.
These are designed to develop public spaces and facilities connected to the new accessibility provided by the metropolitan lines and greenways system.
The proposed framework also aims to maximize the impact of the investments made using NRRP resources, activating the actions of the Integrated Plan through a series of complementary projects developed with the goal of securing additional funding through well-coordinated and timely planning, in particular:
— measures already underway and planned for the development of urban mobility systems and services (rehabilitation and improvement of internal roads for certain municipalities within the Metropolitan City);
— planned measures for the creation of greenways, infrastructure, and services for alternative and soft mobility, as well as facilities for parking and modal interchange.
This project is financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility with EUR 13.663.805.
- Reference
- M5C2
- Project locations
- Italy
- EU contribution
- €13 663 805