Sicily, “60 billion to those who travel by car”: citizens can go where and when you want like this | Start celebrating

Now 60 billion are granted to those who travel by car. In this way citizens are given the green light to move as they wish.

It seems that in Sicily there is an air of revolution. From Palermo to Catania , passing through the dusty roads of the hinterland and the busy streets of the coast, what is chasing is a rather singular voice that seems difficult to believe. Imagine if they gave you 60 billion euros to drive on the road, wouldn't it be pleasant news in some way?

Citizens are wondering, between enthusiasm and disbelief, whether it is actually possible to achieve something like this.

It is easy to imagine that in these times, having an amount of money that can be obtained without too much difficulty seems to be the best news that can be received.

Let's try to clarify this at this point, to avoid creating false expectations.

Highways, trains and ports: here's why everyone is talking about billions

At the base of all this there would be a massive investment plan that would include 60 billion euros that should be allocated to the strengthening of the infrastructure of the whole of Sicily . A figure that had never been seen before and that would have fueled many hopes, also in the perspective of a much better life. The project involves every corner of mobility: highways, railways, ports, airports; it seeks to connect the provinces quickly, with the introduction of doubled and modernized railway lines, and even new roads in areas that were previously almost isolated.

Numerous works have been started, including the completion of the Agrigento-Caltanissetta, the doubling of the Palermo-Catania railway , new intermodal connections between airports and stations. Obviously, to all this we also add the work on the Bridge over the Strait, the symbolic heart of a great change. This translates into 7,000 jobs that the construction sites are able to generate, specialized professional figures, workers and technicians who will work on all these projects.

The truth: no bonus for driving, but big construction sites to change everything

The catchphrases are useless, just look at the possibilities that the improvement of the road system creates in terms of jobs. The 60 billion are there, but it is nothing more than the investment that is going to be made for the improvement of regional infrastructures. Funds allocated by the State, the European Union and some territorial entities in order to finance public works. What is wanted is to be able to give Sicily a completely new look.

By acting in this way, Sicily will no longer be the land of forgotten roads, but a region that decides to aim for modernity, to keep up with the rest of the peninsula.