WRITTEN QUESTION E-0677/01 by Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Alternative routing of the SS 11 road through the communes of Peschiera and Castelnuovo (Verona), Italy.
Date: 2001-03-08
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: Veneto, environmental impact, environmental protection, protected area, road building

13.11.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 318 E/99

(2001/C 318 E/103)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0677/01

by Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(8 March 2001)

Subject: Alternative routing of the SS 11 road through the communes of Peschiera and Castelnuovo

(Verona), Italy

At the end of December last year the unified conference responsible for deciding on the three-year plan of
measures for ANAS (National Roads Authority) budgeted more than ITL 23 billion for the completion of
the alternative route for the SS 11 (1). This road consists of two sections: the first links the superhighway
SS 450,
from the intersection with the existing SS 11 at Cavalcaselle, to the eastern section of the
Peschiera del Garda by-pass. The second links the village of Rovizza with the western section of the same
by-pass. This means that the Peschiera and Castelnuovo area, which already has the A4 motorway, the
Milan-Venice railway and the planned high-speed railway line going through it, will be subjected to the
impact of a new road. The new route for the SS 11 (cid:129) the two sections of which have a total length of
around 7 km (cid:129) is a sad example of circumvention of legislation on environmental impact assessment.
Whilst it is true that each individual section is shorter than the limit laid down in regional law, the two
sections together are longer and will therefore have a significant impact on the two villages, in particular
their outskirts, and on the quality agricultural land where the DOC wine Lugana is produced. Furthermore,
it would pass alongside the site SCI IT3210003, the (cid:145)Laghetto di Frassino(cid:146) (2). The local committees
opposing the project (3) advocate, as an alternative solution, extending the superhighway SS 450, also from
the intersection with the existing SS 11 in the village of Cavalcaselle, to join the A4 motorway 800 metres
farther south, with a barrier for the collection of the motorway toll. This small-scale project would solve
almost all the transport problems around the southern half of Lake Garda. They have also suggested
making the Desenzano-Sommacampagna section of the A4 motorway free and turning it into the southern
by-pass for Lake Garda (4).

Can the Commission ensure that the project in question will be subjected to checks and, possibly, an
environmental
impact assessment, bearing in mind the adverse impact of the present and planned
infrastructure for the Peschiera and Castelnuovo area, the residential districts and the SCI site (cid:145)Laghetto del
Frassino(cid:146)?

to ensure

Can the Commission endeavour
the Desenzano-
that
Sommacampagna section of the A4 motorway free is put forward, in view of the fact that proceedings
for infringement of Community law are under way concerning the extension of the concession held by the
company managing the Brescia-Padua section of the A4 motorway? Does the Commission not consider
that the renewal of the concession without a call to tender being issued constitutes a restriction of public
transport policy?

the possibility of making

(1) This allocation is in addition to the more than ITL 12 billion already earmarked by the Veneto Region for the first

section.

(2) The SCI site is immediately north of the SS 11, the new route for the SS 11 and the Milan-Venice motorway and to
the south of the A4 motorway and the new high-speed railway line. The five infrastructures will be concentrated in
a strip of land 2 km wide.

(3) These committees have collected 700 signatures in Peschiera and 300 in Cavalcaselle over the last few years.
(4) Extending the SS 11 from the village of Rovizza towards Peschiera would, on the other hand, be likely to attract
heavy goods vehicles, which would thereby avoid a stretch of motorway where they have to pay a toll, thus
creating an intolerable situation for the residential areas.

(2001/C 318 E/104)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-0678/01

by Monica Frassoni (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(8 March 2001)

Subject: Link between the A4 motorway and the approach road to Gardaland,

in the communes of

Castelnuovo and Lazise (Verona), Italy

In reply to Questions P-0198/00 (1) and E-2653/00 (2) on the implications of the widening of the local road
leading to the amusement park Gardaland, called (cid:145)Via Derna(cid:146), the Commission confirmed that regional
legislation does not make provision for the environmental impact assessment procedure since the length of
the stretch of road in the commune of Castelnuovo is less than 5 kilometres, the threshold for secondary
extra-urban roads parts of which go through sensitive areas (3).