Improvements to cycling infrastructure

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

Italy’s Recovery and resilience Plan provides municipalities with grants 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 public interest purposes, and at improving the urban landscape through renovation of public buildings, with particular attention to the development of social, cultural, educational services, including sports activities.

The investment consisting of EUR 2 billion is financed by Italy’s Recovery and Resilience plan.

As part of this investment, the project “Improvements to cycling infrastructure” intends to construct a new cycling link at a strategic point in Vercelli, in connection to a previously established cycling path.

The implementation of the project will be joined by a modernization and reconstruction effort following the demolition of the old overpass located on Corso Avogadro di Quaregna. Following the conclusion of the road surface work, the new roadway's bicycle lane will be constructed, granting citizens access micro-mobility connections. 

The new bike lane will be connected to the one built in previous years, creating a continuous route linking a road section from Corso Avogadro di Quaregna to Piazza Sardegna.

The project includes an allocation of EUR 500.000 from the RRF and EUR 50.000 provided by the Italian government to address the increase in raw material prices.

The construction works started in September 2023 and are expected to last approximately nine months.